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Crypto enforcement: seizure or forfeiture

45 US crypto enforcement documents at this stage since January 2024, linked to the originals.

45 actions since January 2024

DateAgencyActionStageFigure
28 Sept 2026DOJProsecutors filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $47,000 in USDT allegedly stolen from a Massachusetts victim's Coinbase account.Seizure or forfeiture$47,000 forfeiture
14 Sept 2026DOJProsecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $61 million in crypto allegedly from sanctioned Iranian oil sales.Seizure or forfeiture$61.0m forfeiture
09 Sept 2026DOJDOJ's Scam Center Strike Force seized Telegram channels and wallets of Xinbi Guarantee marketplace and restrained $52 million in crypto.Seizure or forfeiture$52.0m laundering
01 Sept 2026DOJDOJ seized about $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas's military wing and disrupted its fundraising websites.Seizure or forfeiture$560,000 forfeiture
21 Jul 2026DOJProsecutors filed five civil forfeiture complaints seeking more than $25 million in cryptocurrency tied to investment and romance scams.Seizure or forfeiture$25.0m forfeiture
01 Apr 2026DOJFederal prosecutors in Connecticut forfeited about $600,000 in Tether tied to a fake Ledger security letter scam that drained a victim's wallet.Seizure or forfeiture$600,000 forfeiture
10 Mar 2026DOJFederal 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
26 Feb 2026DOJDOJ'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 2026DOJFederal 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
29 Jan 2026DOJThe government obtained final forfeiture of over $400 million in crypto, real estate and other assets tied to the Helix darknet mixer.Seizure or forfeiture$400.0m forfeiture
12 Jan 2026DOJFederal 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
19 Dec 2025DOJFederal 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 2025DOJA 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 2025DOJFederal 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 2025DOJFederal prosecutors in Virginia recovered nearly $1.7M in USDT and BUSD via civil forfeiture for victims of a crypto investment scam.Seizure or forfeiture—
24 Nov 2025DOJFederal prosecutors forfeited stolen cryptocurrency and returned about $84,327 to a Richmond Hill, Georgia theft victim.Seizure or forfeiture$84,328 forfeiture
13 Nov 2025DOJFederal prosecutors in Georgia announced civil forfeiture of about $1.19 million in crypto tied to a real estate agent fraud and laundering network.Seizure or forfeiture$1.2m forfeiture
12 Nov 2025DOJDOJ launched a Scam Center Strike Force targeting Southeast Asian pig-butchering scams, announcing crypto seizures and forfeiture filings.Seizure or forfeiture$401.7m forfeiture
11 Sept 2025DOJUS filed civil forfeiture action for about $584,741 in USDT allegedly owned by an Iranian drone navigation firm founder tied to the IRGC.Seizure or forfeiture$584,741 forfeiture
09 Sept 2025DOJDOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint against over $5 million in bitcoin allegedly stolen from five victims via SIM swap attacks.Seizure or forfeiture$5.0m forfeiture
09 Sept 2025DOJFederal 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 2025DOJDOJ 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
25 Aug 2025DOJFederal 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
14 Aug 2025DOJDOJ unsealed warrants seizing over $2.8 million in crypto, cash and a vehicle tied to an alleged Zeppelin ransomware operator.Seizure or forfeiture$2.8m forfeiture
23 Jul 2025DOJDOJ 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
22 Jul 2025DOJFederal prosecutors in Seattle filed a civil action to forfeit about $7.1 million in crypto tied to an oil storage investment fraud.Seizure or forfeiture$7.1m forfeiture
02 Jul 2025DOJDOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint to recover $40,300 in USDT stolen by scammers impersonating the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.Seizure or forfeiture$40,300 forfeiture
18 Jun 2025DOJDOJ 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
12 Jun 2025DOJDOJ used civil forfeiture to recover over $680,000 in crypto stolen from SafeMoon via an exploit and front-running bot, returning it to the victim.Seizure or forfeiture$680,468 forfeiture
03 Jun 2025DOJFederal 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 2025DOJThe 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 2025DOJA 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 2025DOJSecret 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
27 Mar 2025DOJDOJ seized about $201,400 in cryptocurrency from wallets and accounts allegedly used to fund and launder money for Hamas.Seizure or forfeiture$201,400 forfeiture
27 Mar 2025DOJUS filed civil forfeiture action to recover about $23 million in stablecoins seized from market maker Gotbit after its guilty plea.Seizure or forfeiture$23.0m forfeiture
07 Mar 2025DOJDOJ and partners took down Garantex exchange infrastructure, seized domains, froze $26M, and unsealed charges against two operators.Seizure or forfeiture$96.00bn laundering
19 Feb 2025DOJFederal 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
16 Dec 2024DOJFederal prosecutors in Seattle forfeited about 32.68 Bitcoin tied to a business email compromise scheme, aiming to repay victims.Seizure or forfeiture$900,000 forfeiture
04 Oct 2024DOJUS filed a civil forfeiture complaint against 200,000 USDT traced from bitcoin fraudulently taken from an Ohio victim's wallet.Seizure or forfeiture$200,000 forfeiture
26 Sept 2024DOJThe 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
22 Aug 2024DOJFederal 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 2024DOJProsecutors 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 2024DOJSecret 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
13 Mar 2024DOJFederal 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 2024DOJFederal 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

Each row is one published step in a case, linked to its source document, so a case can appear again as it moves from charge to plea to sentence. Where one step was announced twice within days, it counts once. Justice Department rows are press releases whose headline names crypto. Figures are the main amount each document states, and for charges they are allegations. Allegations are unproven unless a conviction, plea or settlement is stated. Summaries and stages are machine-read from the document and checked automatically, so the linked document is the authority.

Cite this Bitminer.io, “Crypto enforcement: seizure or forfeiture”, data to 2 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/enforcement/stage/seized/. How this is built