The US is looking for the NAB $ 7.1 million worth of crypto seized by homeland security in December tied to a so -called fraudulent oil and gas investment scheme.
The Seattle US attorney office Says On Tuesday it filed a civil action to find Forfeiture of some of the $ 97 million taken by the alleged procedure to run between June 2022 and July 2024.
“Co-schemers in this fraud have moved their badly acquired through various cryptocurrency accounts to try to overthrow the money stolen from the victims,” the US lawyer said for Seattle Teal Luthy Miller.
The Miller’s office said these crypto accounts are looking for a rioting among individuals living in Russia and Nigeria who use victims’ funds to buy crypto and send a portion of those funds to exchanges in their home countries.
An accused for paper in an un -procedure
At least one individual is said to have facilitated money laundering for transnational criminal organizations.
Geoffrey Auyeung was accused of August 2024 after being charged with receiving a lion’s share of funds from the deceptive investment scheme.
Auyeung accused of buying Bitcoin (Btc), Tether (USDT), USDC (USDC) and ether (Eth) includes allegedly stolen funds and will send most of the crypto to the crypto exchange Binance.
US authorities have taken nearly $ 2.3 million from his bank accounts at the time of his arrest.
The Department of Justice has announced that investors have been attracted under marriage through an investment scheme that will buy the oil tank storing facilities, with the intent to rent them to others to make great benefits.
However, once the victims sent their money, prosecutors said those involved in the scheme would only stop responding.
The prosecutors identified the victims who had been informed of $ 17.9 million, and expected their claims to be more likely after they were identified and proven that they were victims of the alleged scam.
If the court approves the $ 7.1 million request to Forfeiture, reclaimed funds will stand for $ 9.4 million, which will be shared with any victim.
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Recent Regulation Cracking
In recent weeks, regulators have crack in malicious actors in the crypto space.
Earlier this month, US prosecutors charge two men who have been an Omegapro advocate, allegedly Defrauded investors of $ 650 million. If they were found guilty, they could face up to 40 years in prison.
On Friday, former rugby player Shane Donovan Moore was punished by two-and-a-half years in a federal US prison for The operation of a $ 900,000 ponzi scheme that doubled by more than 40 investors.
On Thursday, the Hong Kong police Arrested four individuals who has set up in investors of 3 million dollars of Hong Kong ($ 382,000). However, the alleged mastermind behind the operation was managed to flee overseas.
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