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DOJ seizes $3.36bn crypto wire-fraud stash from circuit board hidden in popcorn tin

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Martin Cloake

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Decade-long mystery solved in biggest-ever haul of crypto crime procceds.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has made its largest ever seizure of cryptocurrency after tracing the proceeds of a sophisticated wire fraud to a circuit board hidden in a popcorn tin. The $3.36bn haul is the second largest financial seizure of any kind made by the DOJ.

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