Federal prosecutors in Seattle are looking to win forfeiture of millions worth of crypto tied to an investment scheme in the hope of distributing it to victims.
The US is looking to nab $7.1 million worth of crypto seized by Homeland Security in December tied to an allegedly fraudulent oil and gas investment scheme.
The Seattle US Attorney’s Office said on Tuesday that it filed a civil action to seek the forfeiture of some of the $97 million taken in by the alleged scheme that ran between June 2022 and July 2024.
“The co-schemers in this fraud moved their ill-gotten gain through various cryptocurrency accounts to try to launder the money stolen from victims,” Acting US Attorney for Seattle Teal Luthy Miller said.
