USA v. 947,883 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint "traceable" to "confidence fraud scams" in USA v. 947,883 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
USA v. Crypto Worth $3.3M: Forfeiture Complaint (‘North Korean Military Hacking Groups’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "virtual currency hacks perpetrated by members of North Korean military hacking groups known within the cybersecurity community as the Lazarus Group, APT38, and CryptoMimic" in USA v. All Bitcoin, Ether, and Tether Seized From Two Accounts at MEXC and Two Accounts at Binance, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
USA v. 114,366.044785 Tether et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Drugs Trafficking & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of narcotics trafficking and money laundering that was seized in the British Virgin Islands and USA in USA v. 114,366.044785 Tether, 2,155,760.485382 Tether, and 3,314,499.122779 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
U.S. takes forfeiture action against crypto linked to ‘$879M heists by North Korean military hacking groups’
The United States has filed forfeiture complaints against previously-seized Bitcoin and Tether that allegedly can be traced to the theft of crypto worth $879 million from at least five entities, including those in Japan, Singapore, U.S., and Vietnam, by "North Korean military hacking groups" known as the Lazarus Group and Advanced Persistent Threat 38 over 13 months in 2021-2022.
USA v. 1,694,395.463328 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘North Korean Crypto Theft’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto seized from "five virtual currency wallet addresses controlled by members of North Korean military hacking groups known within the cybersecurity community as
both the Lazarus Group and Advanced Persistent Threat 38" in USA v. Approximately 1,694,395.463328 of Tether Cryptocurrency at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
USA v. 200,000 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds allegedly associated with "cryptocurrency confidence fraud scams" in USA v. 200,000 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
USA v. 217,166.77 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘$1.2M Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding an alleged fraud involving an account at Cass Bank, of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in USA v. 217,166.77 Tether seized from an account at Binance crypto exchange "in the name of R.A.O." at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
USA v. BTC 9.55075247 et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘$248M Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud seized from an account at Binance crypto exchange that was allegedly "processed virtual currency equaling the equivalent of approximately $248 million(USD) between 2020 and January 2023" in USA v. 9.55075247 Bitcoin, 80.92772386 Ether, and 16341.9 Polygon at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, USA.
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius sues stablecoin Tether’s BVI & HK firms for recovery of Bitcoin worth $3.4B
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius has sued crypto stablecoin Tether's British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong companies in New York in an attempt to recover "preferential and fraudulent transfers" of Bitcoin worth $3.4 billion at the current conversion rate.
Celsius Network Ltd. et al v. Tether Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘BTC 57.4K Preferential Transfers’)
Complaint "to avoid and recover preferential and fraudulent transfers" totaling 57,428.64 Bitcoin in Celsius Network Limited, of England, and Celsius Network LLC, of New Jersey, USA v. Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Tether Holdings Limited, Tether International Limited, and Tether Operations Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
USA v. 10,983.26 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto seized from an account at Binance in the name of Aqib Shaikh, of India, that was allegedly the proceeds of fraud in USA v. 10,983.26 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
U.S. firm sues Tether for release of ‘$160M of crypto frozen to satisfy $180K Chinese criminal judgment’, alleges extortion attempt
Tiger Mines New York, Inc., which appears to be operated by New York businessman Hassan Miah, is suing crypto stablecoin Tether's British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong companies for "improperly" freezing crypto "worth about $160 million" allegedly at the request of police in China investigating a '$180,000 online gambling case'. Tiger Mines alleged that people claiming to represent the "Chinese government" have attempted to extort half of the frozen funds.
Tiger Mines New York Inc. v. Tether Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Illegal Freezing of Digital Wallets’)
Complaint for "relief for its digital wallets or accounts frozen by Tether" in Tiger Mines New York Inc. v. Tether Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Operations Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong, and Tether International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
USA v. 2.5M Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Pig Butchering Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the suspected proceeds of pig butchering fraud seized from two accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Wasit Cholumnuay and Chatchal Kraibumrung in USA v. 2,546,415.01 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
USA v. $878,178 In Name Of Bullpix Solutions LLC: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint in $878,178 on deposit in an account in the name of Bullpix Holdings LLC at Wells Fargo that is allegedly associated with "a money laundering network that operates in the United States and Colombia, among other countries, and the activities of an individual known as Maximilien de Hoop Cartier", who is a citizen of Argentina, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
USA v. 680,467.92 Tether et al: Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "a scheme to defraud SafeMoon" in USA v. 680,467.92 Tether and 480.996 Binance Coin seized from accounts at seized from OKX, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
USA v. 196,721.18289916 USDT: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Pig Butchering Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in USA v. 196,721.18289916 USDT seized from a Binance account held by Izuchukwu Henry Okolo at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
U.S. charges Chinese nationals with laundering $73M via accounts at Bahamas-based Deltec Bank
Two Chinese nationals - one of whom has a second passport issued by Saint Kitts and Nevis - have been arrested in the United States after being criminally charged with laundering at least $73 million of 'Pig Butchering' crypto-related fraud proceeds through accounts at Deltec Bank & Trust, in the Bahamas.
USA v. Daren Li: Criminal Complaint (‘$80M Crypto Laundering’)
Criminal Complaint regarding "an international money laundering syndicate that launders the proceeds of fraud schemes, including cryptocurrency investment scams" in USA v. Daren Li at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
USA v. 299,457.4 USDC et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Pig Butchering Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of pig butchering fraud in USA v. 299,457.4 USDC, 162.5354 USDT, 6,941.648 TRX, 1,455,143.462248 USDT, 3,032.1689461 SOL, 67.79400436 BNB, 95,336.8670150 TRX, 703.955431 ADA, and 0.54151495 ETH at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
British/Thai businessman Christopher Harborne sues WSJ for defamation over ‘crypto fraud’ article
British/Thai businessman Christopher Harborne has filed a defamation complaint against The Wall Street Journal over an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts'.
Christopher Harborne et al v. The Wall Street Journal: Complaint (‘Crypto Defamation’)
Complaint alleging defamation regarding an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts' in Christopher Harborne, described as "a dual British and Thai citizen, businessman, and technology investor with extensive holdings in aviation and cryptocurrency who has lived and worked in Thailand for over two decades"; AML Global Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; AML Global Ltd., of Hong Kong; AML Global (HK) Ltd., of Hong Kong, and AML Global Payments LLC, of Wyoming v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., d.b.a. The Wall Street Journal, at the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, USA.
USA v. 46.7900 USDT et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in accounts at Binance crypto exchange in USA v. 46.7900 USDT, 29,348.653413 USDT, and 9.9037818 BTC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
USA v. 17,082.3565 Tether USD: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto seized from an account at Binance in the name of Rassul Alpyspayev Muratovich in USA v. 17,082.3565 Tether USD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
USA v. 303,992.547258 USDT et al: Amended Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)
Amended Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547258 USDT, 100.89607743 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
USA v. Rodney Burton: Criminal Complaint (‘Bitcoin Rodney’)
Magistrate Judge Removal of Criminal Complaint from District of Maryland alleging the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in USA v. Rodney Burton, a.k.a. Bitcoin Rodney, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. Approximately 120,084.5390 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto associated with a "pig butchering" fraud that was seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 120,084.5390 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
USA v. 36,924.569515 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint seized from an account at Binance in the name of Hasibul Hasan "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 36,924.569515 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
USA v. Approximately 110607.71 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud involving a crypto trading platform known as XTRA that were seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 110607.71 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
USA v. 212883.834297 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of alleged "pig butchering" fraud in USA v. 212883.834297 Tether seized from an account at Binance in the name of Liang Jiner at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
USA v. 86,766 USDT: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a variety of fraud schemes to convince an unsuspecting victim to send co-conspirators money", one of which "involves “pig butchering,” where online co-conspirators utilize social media platforms and dating websites in search of fraud victims" in USA v. 86,766 USDT "seized from OKX account UUID ending 5504 and ID Number ‘097799 with affiliated deposit address ending 94d8" at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
USA v. 56,382.9700 Tether et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "pig butchering" fraud in USA v. 56,382.9700 Tether and 0.03001485 Ether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Michael Bullock v. 119,873.29 U.S. Dollar Coin et al: Complaint (‘$119K Pig Butchering Crypto Scam’)
Complaint alleging theft "through an increasingly common and sophisticated fraudulent scheme known as a “pig-butchering scam,” wherein victims such as Plaintiff are “fattened” for financial “slaughter” by tricking the victim into giving cryptocurrency to the scammer through the creation of a website designed to mimic a legitimate cryptocurrency exchange" in Michael Bullock v. Jessica Doe and John Does I-XX, all believed to be residents of Turkey, as Defendants in personam, and 119,873.29 U.S. Dollar Coin and 119,873 Tether Virtual Currency, as Defendants in rem, and BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.US; Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken; Circle Internet Financial LLC, d.b.a. Circle, and Tether Operations Limited, d.b.a. Tether, of the British Virgin Islands, as Relief Defendants and Garnishees, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
USA v. 50,471.58 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto "obtained by agents with the United States Secret Service (“USSS”) during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 50,471.58 Tether that was seized from a crypto account in the name of Guo Baokun at Binance crypto exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
USA v. 44,799.79 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account in the name of Pan Zhimin at Binance crypto exchange "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an investment fraud scheme" in USA v. 44,799.79 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
USA v. 303,992.547 USDT et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547 USDT, 100.896 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
USA v. 0.40401694 Bitcoin et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled Binance Holdings Ltd. in the names of Martins Eromosele Iyere, Olawumi Stephen Adewale, and Moses Olumide Sokale in USA v. 0.40401694 Bitcoin, 59,911.36 Tether, 9,128.847 Tether, 1,346.37 Decentraland, 1,039.6163 Curvedao, 14,690.894 Zillqa, 5.5550225 Avalanche, and 14,534,916 Shiba Inu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
USA v. 87,637.00 USDT Seized From Binance Account: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Wrong Number Crypto Fraud’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged "proceeds of a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme" in USA v. 87,637.00 USDT seized from a Binance account at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
USA v. 0.28364161 Bitcoin et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fake Microsoft Technician $87K Fraud’)
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 0.28364161 Bitcoin and 70429.05 Tether linked to an alleged fake 'Microsoft Technician' fraud against a 69-year-old resident of Texas at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
USA v. 32,133.63 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly associated with fraud and money laundering in USA v. 32,133.63 Tether seized from an account at Binance held in the name of Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
FXCH Ltd. v. Centre Consortium LLC: Complaint (‘$6M Crypto Dispute’)
Complaint involving "a so-called 'stablecoin' that is pegged 1-to-1 to the U.S. Dollar, called USD Coin and denominated as USDC" in FXCH Ltd., a.k.a. Foreign Exchange Clearing House, described as an Ireland-based "member-based financial utility for Institutional Spot-FX Clearing" v. Centre Consortium LLC at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Tether & Bitfinex Litigation: Decision Transcript (‘Removal of Roche Freedman Law Firm’)
Transcript of Decision in which U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla granted crypto lawyer Kyle Roche's motion to withdraw and removed Roche Freedman law firm as interim class counsel in litigation styled as ‘In Re. Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation’ in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; DigFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether International Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Giancarlo Devasini, a citizen of Italy, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
USA v. 0.24247794 Bitcoin et al: Forfeiture Complaint (Avinash Pal)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" that were seized from a wallet at Binance crypto exchange in the name of Avinash Pal in USA v. 0.24247794 Bitcoin and 38,616.40303284 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
USA v. 726,602.61971034 Tether: Forfeiture Complaint (Manprett Singh)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" that were seized from a wallet in the name of Manprett Singh at Binance crypto exchange "by agents with the United States Secret Service during an investigation into in USA v. 726,602.61971034 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Aaron Leibowitz et al v. Tether et al: Disclosure Order
Order that the Bitfinex/Tether defendants produce financial records that "relate to the backing of USDT" in Aaron Leibowitz et al et al v. BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Bittrex, Inc., Crypto Capital Corp., Giancarlo Devasini, DigFinex Inc., Reginald Fowler, Global Trade Solutions AG, Poloniex, LLC, Philip G. Potter, Tether Holdings Limited, Tether International Limited, Tether Limited, Tether Operations Limited, iFinex Inc., and Ludovicus Jan van der Velde at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
USA v. 503,349.86 Tether et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘$2M RiotX Crypto Investment Fraud’)
Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft of more than $2 million in cryptocurrency by Zin Ko Oo [a 30-year-old citizen of Myanmar], Wing San Tse [a 33-year-old resident of Hong Kong], Shen Chee Kok [a 34-year-old citizen of Singapore], and potentially others through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" in USA v. Approximately 503,349.86 Tether, 1,379,999 Cardano, and 163,118 Binance USD formerly held in accounts at cryptocurrency exchange Binance at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
USA v. 270,771.29 USDT: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Money Laundering’)
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 270,771.29 USDT, a.k.a. Tether, seized from an account at Binance Holdings Limited that are allegedly the proceeds of "a financial scam" committed against an "elderly couple", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
USA v. 73,586.17 USDT: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 73,586.17 USDT (Tether) that are "proceeds of a cryptocurrency fraud scheme" and were seized from an account at Binance cryptocurrency exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation: Letter Motion (‘Discovery Disputes’)
Letter Motion by plaintiffs regarding a discovery dispute in a case styled as ‘Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation’ in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; DigFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether International Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Giancarlo Devasini, a citizen of Italy, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Ongoing Multi-Billion Dollar Crypto Schemes: Tether & NEXO
This video looks at Tether and NEXO, two ongoing questionable schemes in the crypto industry that collectively involve hundreds of billions of dollars. Speakers: Edward Normand, Partner, Roche Freedman; Eric Rosen, Partner, Roche Freedman; and Kyle Roche, Partner, Roche Freedman.