| 23 Oct 2026 | DOJ | A Chinese national was extradited from the Netherlands on charges tied to a Cambodia-based crypto investment scam targeting Americans. | Criminal charge | $36.9m laundering |
| 29 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC sued four entities over alleged WhatsApp investment confidence scams using fake AI trading platforms that took at least $15 million. | Civil action | $15.0m alleged fraud |
| 25 Sept 2026 | DOJ | A Vietnamese national was charged with money laundering for allegedly moving crypto proceeds from pig butchering scams. | Criminal charge | $53.3m laundering |
| 31 Jul 2026 | DOJ | Boston federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $47,000 in USDT allegedly tied to a tech support scam. | Civil action | $47,000 forfeiture |
| 29 Jun 2026 | SEC | SEC obtained default final judgments against four entities and two individuals over the alleged fake NanoBit crypto trading platform scam. | Civil action | $1.2m penalty |
| 13 Mar 2026 | DOJ | DOJ will return about $470,735 in forfeited Tether to two Maine victims of a cryptocurrency investment scheme. | Other action | $470,735 restitution |
| 10 Mar 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $3.4 million in USDT allegedly tied to an investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $3.4m forfeiture |
| 02 Mar 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action for about $327,829 in USDT allegedly laundered from a romance scam. | Civil action | $327,829 forfeiture |
| 26 Feb 2026 | DOJ | DOJ's Scam Center Strike Force says freezes and seizures of crypto tied to Southeast Asian pig-butchering scams top $580 million. | Seizure or forfeiture | $580.0m forfeiture |
| 24 Feb 2026 | DOJ | Federal agents in North Carolina seized over $61 million in Tether allegedly tied to laundering of pig butchering scam proceeds. | Seizure or forfeiture | $61.0m forfeiture |
| 12 Jan 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $200,000 in USDT allegedly tied to a pig-butchering scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $200,000 forfeiture |
| 22 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC sued three purported crypto trading platforms and four investment clubs for allegedly misappropriating $14 million from retail investors. | Civil action | $14.0m alleged fraud |
| 19 Dec 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $1.2 million in crypto tied to a wrong-number investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $1.2m forfeiture |
| 18 Dec 2025 | DOJ | A federal judge ordered forfeiture of over $200,000 in bitcoin and USDT tied to an emergency scam targeting elderly victims. | Seizure or forfeiture | $200,000 forfeiture |
| 18 Dec 2025 | DOJ | Federal agents seized nearly $8.5 million in Tether traced to proceeds of pig butchering cryptocurrency investment scams. | Seizure or forfeiture | $8.5m forfeiture |
| 05 Dec 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Virginia recovered nearly $1.7M in USDT and BUSD via civil forfeiture for victims of a crypto investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | — |
| 12 Nov 2025 | DOJ | DOJ launched a Scam Center Strike Force targeting Southeast Asian pig-butchering scams, announcing crypto seizures and forfeiture filings. | Seizure or forfeiture | $401.7m forfeiture |
| 14 Oct 2025 | DOJ | Chairman of Cambodia's Prince Group indicted for alleged forced-labor crypto scam compounds; $15B in bitcoin targeted for forfeiture. | Criminal charge | $15.00bn forfeiture |
| 09 Sept 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against over $12 million in Tether tied to a fake ShakepayEX crypto investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $12.0m forfeiture |
| 02 Sept 2025 | DOJ | DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint against Tether (USDT) allegedly tied to cryptocurrency confidence scams targeting victims in four states. | Seizure or forfeiture | $868,247 forfeiture |
| 27 Aug 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Ohio filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $325,060 in USDT tied to an investment scam on two siblings. | Civil action | $325,060 forfeiture |
| 25 Aug 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Virginia obtained civil forfeiture of about $1.97M in crypto scam proceeds to return to a victim. | Seizure or forfeiture | $2.0m forfeiture |
| 23 Jul 2025 | DOJ | DOJ obtained a restraining order against operators of the fake Triangular crypto platform and filed to forfeit $325,000 in seized crypto. | Seizure or forfeiture | $325,000 forfeiture |
| 18 Jun 2025 | DOJ | DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint against over $225.3 million in crypto tied to laundering of crypto confidence scam proceeds. | Seizure or forfeiture | $225.3m forfeiture |
| 03 Jun 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $680,000 in USDT tied to an alleged crypto investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $679,981 forfeiture |
| 23 May 2025 | DOJ | The US seized over $868,247 in cryptocurrency alleged to be proceeds of a cryptocurrency confidence investment scheme. | Seizure or forfeiture | $868,247 forfeiture |
| 23 May 2025 | DOJ | A federal judge ordered forfeiture of about $2.5 million in cryptocurrency tied to confidence scams, to be used to compensate victims. | Seizure or forfeiture | $2.5m forfeiture |
| 08 Apr 2025 | DOJ | Secret Service seized a second web domain, NFT-UNI.com, used in a crypto pig butchering scheme that defrauded a Warren County victim. | Seizure or forfeiture | $4.6m alleged fraud |
| 21 Mar 2025 | CFTC | A federal court entered a default judgment against Debiex ordering over $2.2M restitution and a penalty for a crypto romance scam. | Civil action | $2.2m restitution |
| 28 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $8.2 million in USDT tied to a crypto investment trust scam. | Civil action | $8.2m forfeiture |
| 19 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action to recover over $1 million in crypto allegedly from a pig-butchering scheme. | Seizure or forfeiture | $1.0m forfeiture |
| 04 Nov 2024 | DOJ | A judge ordered over $8 million in seized funds distributed as restitution to investors after a former bank CEO's crypto embezzlement. | Other action | $8.0m restitution |
| 27 Sept 2024 | CFTC | CFTC sued fake trading platforms Aipu and Fidefx for allegedly misappropriating $3.6 million from customers in an online scam. | Civil action | $3.6m alleged fraud |
| 26 Sept 2024 | DOJ | The US seized over $6 million in cryptocurrency tied to a Southeast Asia-based crypto-confidence investment scam targeting Americans. | Seizure or forfeiture | $6.0m forfeiture |
| 17 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued CoinW6 alleging a romance investment scam using a fake crypto trading platform that stole about $2.2 million from investors. | Civil action | $2.2m stolen |
| 17 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued four entities and three individuals over an alleged relationship scam using the fake NanoBit crypto trading platform. | Civil action | $2.0m stolen |
| 22 Aug 2024 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in North Carolina seized nearly $5 million in Tether traced to laundered proceeds of pig butchering investment scams. | Seizure or forfeiture | $5.0m forfeiture |
| 16 Jul 2024 | DOJ | Prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $2.5 million in USDT allegedly tied to pig butchering scams targeting Americans. | Seizure or forfeiture | $2.5m forfeiture |
| 16 May 2024 | DOJ | Secret Service seized a web domain used in a crypto pig butchering scheme that cost a Warren County victim over $341,000. | Seizure or forfeiture | $341,000 stolen |
| 18 Apr 2024 | DOJ | A California man was charged in a tech-support impersonation scam that took a retiree's savings via Bitcoin ATMs and gold purchases. | Criminal charge | — |
| 13 Mar 2024 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action for about $2.3 million in crypto seized from Binance accounts tied to a pig butchering scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $2.3m forfeiture |
| 08 Mar 2024 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Chicago seized about $1.4 million in USDT from an unhosted wallet linked to an alleged tech support scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $1.4m forfeiture |
| 19 Jan 2024 | CFTC | CFTC filed a civil suit alleging Debiex used romance scam tactics to misappropriate $2.3 million from customers seeking crypto trading. | Civil action | $2.3m alleged fraud |