🇺🇸 The U.S. Secret Service seized cryptocurrency worth $225.3 million — the largest confiscation of digital assets in its history.
The funds were located in wallets linked to a "complex money laundering network" as part of fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes.
According to the Department of Justice, the operations were conducted as part of an investigation into confidence scams.
The damage from such schemes in 2023 amounted to approximately $5.6 billion.
