TREE NEWS update: The US sanctioned the Xinbi scam marketplace and restrained $52 million in cryptocurrency, with the Justice Department seizing its Telegram channels and two wallets. Investigators are pursuing 47 additional wallets across Xinbi’s alleged laundering network. The action targets a platform allegedly used to launder proceeds from online fraud.
US sanctions Xinbi scam marketplace, seizes $52M in crypto
AI take
The notable shift here is targeting the laundering layer rather than individual fraud schemes, which is where cross-chain tracing and Telegram-based distribution have made enforcement harder. The restrained funds and seized channels show investigators can map a network's infrastructure, but the 47 wallets still being pursued suggest the operation was built to be distributed, not centralized. Whether that remaining wallet set is reachable — and whether the platform's users simply migrate — is the open question.
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