Wu learned that the U.S. Department of Justice announced on August 14 that it had seized approximately 2.8 million dollars in cryptocurrency, 70,000 dollars in cash, and a luxury car based on six warrants issued by a federal court. The assets are controlled by the defendant Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. He has been indicted in the Northern District of Texas for allegedly using Zeppelin ransomware to attack multiple organizations worldwide and for money laundering.