DOJ Moves to Seize $456K in USDT Tied to Romance Crypto Scams
The DOJ filed a civil forfeiture action to claw back about $456,000 in USDT linked to romance scams. Victims were lured on dating sites and Facebook, then pushed into bogus crypto investments, per Cointelegraph. Prosecutors are chasing the coins themselves.
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The Justice Department dropped a civil forfeiture action today aimed at recovering roughly $456,000 in USDT, according to Cointelegraph. The stablecoin is tied to romance scams that pulled victims off dating sites and Facebook and steered them into fake crypto investments.
Civil forfeiture lets the government go after the funds directly rather than charging a person first — here the target is the USDT itself. The case traces the money back to con artists who built romantic relationships online, then converted that trust into sham investment pitches.
The filing puts a hard number on just one slice of the romance-scam pipeline: about $456K in tether that prosecutors now want back. No arrests were announced in the action.
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