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DOJ announces largest-ever crypto seizure related to ‘pig butchering’ scams
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced the largest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency funds linked to so-called pig-butchering scams. The U.S. attorney’s office filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the District Court for the District of Columbia to seize more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency that federal prosecutors say was part of a sophisticated blockchain-based money laundering network meant to conceal the source of funds obtained through illegal scams. According to the forfeiture complaint, the FBI and Secret Service used blockchain analysis and “other investigative techniques” to ... (full story)
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