Federal prosecutors have reportedly filed a complaint against alleged scammers impersonating President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
According to a new CNBC report, scammers impersonated the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, getting away with over $250,000 in stolen
Per the complaint,
“The United States of America seeks to lawfully forfeit the Defendant Property to punish and deter criminal activity by depriving criminals of property used in or acquired through illegal activities; to promote and enhance cooperation among federal and foreign law enforcement agencies; and most importantly, to recover assets that may be used to compensate victims.”
The scammers reportedly employed fake e-mail addresses to fool victims into believing they were communicating with co-chair Steve Witkoff.
The US government is seeking to seize $40,000 in USDT. Half of that sum has already been collected from a Binance account under the name of Ehiremen Aigbokhan with an address in Nigeria.
The U.S. Secret Service is reportedly launching a new campaign against crypto scams with a new team that specializes in digital financial crimes.
Bloomberg reports that the agency’s Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC) uses software, subpoenas and spreadsheets to identify and go after criminals behind fraudulent crypto scams, including pig butchering operations that offer fake investments to victims.
Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg says the GIOC has already seized nearly $400 million in digital assets over the last 10 years. The Secret Service itself is already one of the world’s biggest crypto custodians after leading crackdowns on digital currencies such as Liberty Reserve and E-Gold in the 1990s.
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