According to reports, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington announced that it has filed a civil lawsuit regarding a fraud case involving false oil and gas storage investments, seeking the forfeiture of approximately $7.1 million in cryptocurrency. The related assets were seized by the Department of Homeland Security Investigations in December 2024, with the total amount of funds involved estimated at around $97 million. The fraud ring deceived victims into transferring funds by disguising as third-party escrow accounts, and transferred the money into multiple financial institutions and cryptocurrency accounts.