The Justice Department said Tuesday it has seized more than $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency and arrested two people in connection with the 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange.
It’s the Justice Department’s largest ever financial seizure, officials said.
“Today, federal law enforcement demonstrates once again that we can follow money through the blockchain, and that we will not allow cryptocurrency to be a safe haven for money laundering or a zone of lawlessness within our financial…
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