Australian regulators have been granted permission to shut down 95 companies suspected of cryptocurrency and romance scams

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Federal Court of Australia has approved the application submitted by the Australian securities regulator to shut down 95 companies suspected of operating cryptocurrency trading and romance scams known as "hydra." The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has received approval for its winding-up application from the Federal Court of Australia based on principles of justice and fairness, after ASIC found that most of these companies were registered with false information.

ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court stated in a statement on April 8 that many of these companies claimed to provide "real services" at the time of their establishment, but were actually suspected of defrauding victims. After reviewing 48 "misconduct reviews" of 17 companies accused of assisting romance scams, Justice Angus Stewart stated in a court ruling on April 4: "The nature of these scams appears to exhibit a common 'pig butchering' pattern." The ruling was made on March 21.