US DOJ obtains legal title to over $400M in seized cryptocurrency, real estate, and other assets linked to Helix, a darknet cryptocurrency-mixing service used to launder illicit proceeds

The assets were tied to Helix operator Larry Dean Harmon, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering conspiracy, and the forfeiture follows a final court order transferring the seized assets to the U.S. government. Authorities said the Helix mixer processed hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency transactions connected largely to darknet drug markets, underscoring continued enforcement against…