The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia filed five civil forfeiture complaints July 21 seeking more than $25 million in cryptocurrency seized during separate fraud investigations. The cases make civil forfeiture the legal route for converting frozen crypto into recoverable victim assets rather than treating seizure as the final enforcement step.
Secret Service investigators linked the funds to international investment and romance scams that allegedly misled thousands of victims worldwide. The five complaints seek approximately $10.4 million, $12.1 million, $1.23 million, $2.39 million and $285,000, while tracing networks that laundered proceeds through hundreds of intermediary addresses, placing complex wallet layering at the center of the fraud infrastructure.
The investigations remain ongoing, and authorities are still working to identify suspects and recover additional funds. The DOJ said most alleged launderers were located in Southeast Asia, with IP addresses in China, Malaysia and Cambodia, making cross-border attribution and final court-approved forfeiture the next enforcement tests.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice.
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