U.S. Attorney’s Office files a civil forfeiture action to recover $327K in Tether cryptocurrency linked to a ML scheme from an online romance fraud targeting a Massachusetts resident

The scam involved the victim being lured through a dating app into sending funds under the guise of a cryptocurrency investment, which were then routed through multiple wallets and converted to USDT to conceal their origin. Authorities seized the cryptocurrency in August 2025, and the action is part of broader efforts to forfeit fraud-related crypto assets, return funds to victims, and combat cybercrime….