Police seize VerifTools fake ID marketplace servers, domains

The FBI and the Dutch Police have shut down the VerifTools marketplace for fraudulent identity documents after seizing servers in Amsterdam that hosted the online operation. Several agencies from multiple countries (the EICD, Rotterdam Cybercrime team, the FBI, the Welsh police) were conducting investigations of identity fraud cases that led to the VerifTools platform. During the law enforcement operation, two physical servers and 21 virtual servers were seized. The platform’s administrators have not been identified, but authorities hope that examining the confiscated data will produce results that would lead to arrests.

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