Crypto assets worth $34 million seized in connection to dark web activities

Published April 5, 2022 2:43pm ET



Law enforcement in Florida confiscated nearly $34 million in cryptocurrency in what was described as “one of the largest cryptocurrency forfeiture actions ever filed by the United States.”

Officials identified a South Florida resident who had raked in millions by selling over 100,000 “illicit items and hacked online account information” on dark web marketplaces, according to the U.S. government’s civil forfeiture complaint.

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