They gave the information to the police because that’s all they can do as citizens. He didn’t get his money back and the information they found on the fraudsters could very well be just money mules or also victims of hackers.

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One of the largest manufacturer of return vending machines. It has approximately 105,000 installations in over 100 markets worldwide.

This is going to be a private instance. No normal citizens can create an account.

It’s a response to Twitter shielding access to unregistered users. A lot of public services used Twitter to spread information.