U.S. federal authorities in Washington, D.C. said they have seized more than $25 million in cryptocurrency tied to cross-border fraud schemes, underscoring how digital assets remain central to modern cybercrime—and how aggressively law enforcement is moving to claw funds back through forfeiture actions.
In an announcement dated July 21, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Secret Service’s Washington Field Office said the seizures were made through investigations by their Cyber Fraud Task Force. Prosecutors have since filed five civil forfeiture complaints to… Read more







