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Guardia Civil investigated four members of a family in Cáceres for allegedly running a fake crypto investment scheme that used forged bank statements, staged events and more than 90 bank cards to move victims' money.
Tether says it has frozen roughly $550 million in USDT linked to the Central Bank of Iran and sanctions-evasion networks, acting in coordination with the US Treasury's Operation Economic Outcast.
On-chain analysts have traced a portion of the funds stolen from Bitget to wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus-affiliated TraderTraitor group, yet no government or agency has issued formal attribution, a striking contrast to the swift response after last year's Bybit hack.
The FBI's Operation Blackout shut more than 500 fraud sites and warned over 10,000 potential US victims, but the headline $15 billion figure is largely the paper value of one bitcoin lot already in government custody, tied to Cambodia's Prince Holding Group.
Elon Musk's platform has taken alleged operators of a bitcoin-focused fake news network to England's High Court, accusing them of fabricating stories about Goldman Sachs and Citibank to farm engagement payments.
A class action filed in New York accuses the French hardware wallet maker of downplaying a December 2023 breach of its Connect Kit software, with a lead plaintiff claiming nearly $2 million in stolen crypto.