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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.