The US court filing is part of a civil forfeiture action, which would allow authorities to seize assets allegedly linked to a crime, with the end goal of recovering stolen funds
U.S. authorities said the scam that prompted the seizure involved a crypto-investment fraud known as pig butchering. In such schemes, fraudsters manipulate unsuspecting people they meet online, persuading them to invest in bogus crypto schemes.
The United States has seized digital currency worth about half a million dollars from an account registered to a Chinese man who featured in a Reuters investigation into crypto-investment fraud run from Southeast Asia. U.S. authorities said the scam that prompted the seizure involved a crypto-investment f
The United States has seized digital
currency worth about half a million dollars from an account
registered to a Chinese man who featured in a Reuters
investigation into crypto-investment fraud run. -December 12, 2023 at 10:11 am EST
- MarketScreener