Crypto firm Tether says it has frozen $225 million linked to human trafficking

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Crypto firm Tether said on Monday that it had frozen $225 million worth of its cryptocurrency which it said had been linked to a human trafficking group in Southeast Asia. The U.S. Secret Service asked Tether to freeze the tokens during a "months-long investigative effort" by Tether and the crypto exchange OKX, Tether said in a blog post, without giving details about the scope or timescale of the investigation. The Secret Service did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Tether and OKX collaborated with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on the investigation, Tether said without ... (full story)