Bangladesh, April 21 -- In a nondescript office building tucked away in the heart of Tbilisi, Georgia, a network of scammers-young, well-educated, and ruthless-spent their days impersonating financial advisers and manipulating thousands of people across the globe. Their victims believed they were investing in cryptocurrency or recovering stolen funds, when in fact they were being led deeper into a web of deception. This was not a one-off con but a highly organized, shockingly lucrative criminal enterprise built on cold-hearted lies and executed with chilling precision.

Known internally as “skameri,” these fraudsters operated out of a call center run by a company called A.K. Group. The firm presented itself as a legitimate tel...