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US strike force freezes and seizes over $580 million in crypto tied to Chinese crime networks
Federal authorities have seized or frozen more than $580 million in digital assets linked to Chinese transnational criminal organizations following a coordinated enforcement action by multiple security agencies over the last three months, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said Thursday. The Scam Center Strike Force, which executed the recovery, was established in November last year to centralize interagency efforts against offshore "pig butchering" operations. It comprises the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office, DOJ's Criminal Division, the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service, and IRS Criminal ... (full story)
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