The U.S. prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit to recover $3.4 million USDT involved in online investment fraud.

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Deep Tide TechFlow News, on March 11, according to the U.S. Massachusetts Federal Prosecutor’s Office, the office has filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit to recover approximately 3,444,000 USDT (worth about $3.44 million). These assets are suspected to be proceeds from online investment fraud and money laundering schemes.

The case involves at least four victims, including two residents of Massachusetts, one from Utah, and one from South Carolina. The scammers contacted victims through SMS or encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram by sending seemingly accidental messages. They then lured victims into investing in so-called Ethereum investment opportunities backed by physical gold. Victims were asked to purchase ETH and transfer it to an intermediary wallet controlled by the scammers. The scammers then converted the ETH to USDT and transferred the funds to a non-custodial wallet to steal the money.

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