U.S. Seizes Web Domain Used in $28 Million Bank Account Takeover Fraud

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Monday, December 29, 2025

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

42

Issue:

1

Abstract:

On December 22, 2025, the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of a web domain and database that criminals employed to carry out a scheme targeting and defrauding Americans through bank account takeover fraud. Criminals used the domain, web3adspanels.org, as a backend web panel to store and manipulate illegally harvested bank login credentials.