October 16, 2026

The UAE took down four crypto crime networks at once. One of them existed to force wallet passwords out of people

On October 15, Sharjah Police and the UAE Ministry of Interior announced the results of operation "End of Battle":

• 33 arrests, 12 nationalities
• more than Dh200 million (~$54.5M) in cash seized, plus 17 luxury cars, 29 watches and property
• Dh8.8 billion (~$2.4 billion) in money laundering identified
• more than 3,000 crypto wallets examined
• it all started with the wallet of a 15-year-old holding a large amount of crypto

HOW IT WORKED

Four groups split the work: one stole customer data from companies, the second laundered the money through crypto, the third called victims and talked them out of wallet access, and the fourth handled kidnapping and intimidation. Police foiled a plan to kidnap and kill a crypto holder to force access to his wallet.

WHO, ACCORDING TO ZACHXBT

Investigator ZachXBT says three known social engineers appear in the police video: Danny (Danish Zulfiqar), Krust and CX. Back in December 2025 he tied Danny to the $243M theft from a Genesis creditor: a call from "Google support" → 2FA reset → remote access to the computer → 4,064 BTC gone.

WE CHECKED THE WALLET

The wallet ZachXBT linked to Danny (0xb37d…f768) holds 4,933 ETH, 3.1M DAI and 160K USDT today — about $15.5M. The funds arrived on December 4, 2025, and only one transaction has ever left it. Nothing has moved since. It still keeps receiving junk tokens saying "visit the site to claim rewards" — phishing doesn't spare even this address.

We've added this wallet to our database: if funds from it ever reach you, a check will show it.

WHAT TO TAKE FROM THIS

The whole scheme starts with a phone call. So:

• exchange or Google support never calls you first;
• never move funds to a "safe wallet" because someone asked;
• never install remote access software for a "specialist";
• don't show publicly how much crypto you hold: this network had a crew that came in person.

Check an address for free: https://t.me/amlconsensus_bot?start=en

Sources: Sharjah Police / WAM via The National and Gulf News (15.10.2026), ZachXBT (t.me/investigations), our own on-chain check on 16.10.2026.