Le FBI saisit 1.7 million de dollars de produits illicites de crypto alors que Binance mène les saisies
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized over $1.7 million in illicit digital asset proceeds in the three months from March to May 2023, a new official public filing shows. Globally, law enforcement agencies have stepped up their game and are now rooting out criminals who have relied on digital assets to commit crimes or launder their illicit proceeds. The Department of Justice (DOJ) holds the record with its $3.6 billion seizure of the proceeds of the 2016 Bitfinex hack. In the August 17 filing, the FBI revealed that it‘s also been cracking down on ’crypto crime in its own way. In the three months to May, the bureau recovered $800,000 in Ether, $469,000 in the Dai stablecoin, $307,000 in Tether, $147,000 in BTC, and $20,000 in Monero. Binance exchange accounted for over $400,000 of the seized funds. This includes $110,000 and $139,000 in USDT seized from Thi Han Tun and Debojyoti Dey Dijendra Dey, respectively. Binances links to criminal entities is nothing new. Various reports have revealed that CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao encourages his employees to pursue profits at any cost, even when the tactics violate compliance requirements. Regulators, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures