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A Ministry of Justice announced on Wednesday the largest in the history of the US cryptocurrency related to the so -called “Melting pigs“The scams that cost victims of billions worldwide.
Federal prosecutors have launched a civilian confiscation aimed at more than $ 225 million in cryptocurrencies, tracing to a wide network of fraud platforms. The victims have been deceived to believe that they invest in legitimate cryptocurrencies, only to be deceived by criminal networks that often work abroad.
“This is $ 225.3 million in investment in cryptocurrency infections He notes the largest cryptocurrency supplies in the history of the US Secret Service, “said Sean Bradstrit, a special agent dealing with the US Field Office in San Francisco.
Authorities said the network was connected from at least 400 suspected victims around the world, including dozens in the US crystance in the United States was the cause of more than $ 5.8 billion for the losses last year, according to the FBI data.
Currently, seized funds are subject to confiscation procedures aimed at returning money to the victims.
The US Secret Service and the FBI used Blockchain analysis and other tools to trace the cryptocurrency back to the stolen assets. Doj attributed Tether, the world’s largest issuer of a stable design, for assistance in the operation.
According to the complaint, the funds were related to the theft and laundering of money from the victims of cryptocurrency fraud schemes, commonly known as confidence scams that often include a novel.
The network rested on hundreds of thousands of transactions to obscure the origin of the funds using sophisticated Blockchain maneuvers to hide the stolen assets.
