US Department of Justice( DoJ), announced that they had seized six crypto accounts worth $112 million.
US Department of Justice , announced on Monday, April 3 that they have seized six crypto accounts involved in the scam. Commenting on the subject Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr.He said the authorities will return the seized funds to the victims and will try to raise public awareness. KennethIn the continuation of his speech, he mentioned that these frauds and frauds caused a great destruction on families and took away their lifelong savings.
Crypto Scams On The Rise
In the shared report, it was stated that the suspects carried out these fraud activities through social networks, friendship sites, phone calls, text messages and similar communication tools. According to the information in the report, the ages of the victims exposed to the fraud 30to 49between.
Ministry of Justiceto such scams. Sha Zhu Pan He said it was called pork butchery, which is a Chinese expression. Ministry of Justice, under fraud Arizona Territory, California Central DistrictAnd Idaho TerritoryHe also confiscated six crypto accounts by authorizing .
According to another report shared by the DoJ, scams 2021And 2022between the years 183 percent rate increased. With this FBI has expanded its cooperation with international institutions and countries around the world to combat crypto-related crimes. FBI last year Februaryaffiliated with Silk Road. 50,000 bitcoinwas seized and that $1.05 billionHe said it was worth it.
However, this year Februaryin the month, Norwegian National Agency for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crimes, Norway announced the seizure of approximately $5.84 million in cryptocurrencies, the largest cryptocurrency seizure in its history. Agency on tracking cryptocurrency FBIHe said he was working with his experts.
