Following Investigations by Tether, the U.S. Department of Justice and us, Tether Voluntarily Freezes 225M in Stolen USDT Linked to International Crime Syndicate
We and Tether , the largest company in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, today announced that we have collaborated with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in an investigation that led to Tether proactively and voluntarily freezing approximately 225 million in USDT tokens in external self-custodied wallets linked to an international human trafficking syndicate in Southeast Asia responsible for a global “pig butchering” romance scam.