Key Takeaways French and U.S. authorities shut down a website and arrested two suspects for targeting 17,000 women. Investigators seized over $780,000 in bitcoin and ether, exposing illicit crypto-funded markets. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau urged victims to contact police as joint enforcement tracks crypto trails. Crypto-Driven Financial Scheme French investigators have confiscated more than $783,000 (€700,000) in cryptocurrency during a joint French-U.S. operation that shut down Nudeleaksteens, an online platform selling stolen intimate images of more than 17,000 women and underage girls. Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced on Oct. 7 that the seized digital assets spanned multiple cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, …


