Tether

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of pig butchering fraud in USA v. 299,457.4 USDC, 162.5354 USDT, 6,941.648 TRX, 1,455,143.462248 USDT, 3,032.1689461 SOL, 67.79400436 BNB, 95,336.8670150 TRX, 703.955431 ADA, and 0.54151495 ETH at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

British/Thai businessman Christopher Harborne has filed a defamation complaint against The Wall Street Journal over an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts'.

Complaint alleging defamation regarding an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts' in Christopher Harborne, described as "a dual British and Thai citizen, businessman, and technology investor with extensive holdings in aviation and cryptocurrency who has lived and worked in Thailand for over two decades"; AML Global Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; AML Global Ltd., of Hong Kong; AML Global (HK) Ltd., of Hong Kong, and AML Global Payments LLC, of Wyoming v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., d.b.a. The Wall Street Journal, at the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, USA.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in accounts at Binance crypto exchange in USA v. 46.7900 USDT, 29,348.653413 USDT, and 9.9037818 BTC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto seized from an account at Binance in the name of Rassul Alpyspayev Muratovich in USA v. 17,082.3565 Tether USD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Amended Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547258 USDT, 100.89607743 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Magistrate Judge Removal of Criminal Complaint from District of Maryland alleging the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in USA v. Rodney Burton, a.k.a. Bitcoin Rodney, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto associated with a "pig butchering" fraud that was seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 120,084.5390 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Forfeiture Complaint seized from an account at Binance in the name of Hasibul Hasan "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 36,924.569515 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud involving a crypto trading platform known as XTRA that were seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 110607.71 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of alleged "pig butchering" fraud in USA v. 212883.834297 Tether seized from an account at Binance in the name of Liang Jiner at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a variety of fraud schemes to convince an unsuspecting victim to send co-conspirators money", one of which "involves “pig butchering,” where online co-conspirators utilize social media platforms and dating websites in search of fraud victims" in USA v. 86,766 USDT "seized from OKX account UUID ending 5504 and ID Number ‘097799 with affiliated deposit address ending 94d8" at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "pig butchering" fraud in USA v. 56,382.9700 Tether and 0.03001485 Ether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Complaint alleging theft "through an increasingly common and sophisticated fraudulent scheme known as a “pig-butchering scam,” wherein victims such as Plaintiff are “fattened” for financial “slaughter” by tricking the victim into giving cryptocurrency to the scammer through the creation of a website designed to mimic a legitimate cryptocurrency exchange" in Michael Bullock v. Jessica Doe and John Does I-XX, all believed to be residents of Turkey, as Defendants in personam, and 119,873.29 U.S. Dollar Coin and 119,873 Tether Virtual Currency, as Defendants in rem, and BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.US; Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken; Circle Internet Financial LLC, d.b.a. Circle, and Tether Operations Limited, d.b.a. Tether, of the British Virgin Islands, as Relief Defendants and Garnishees, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto "obtained by agents with the United States Secret Service (“USSS”) during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 50,471.58 Tether that was seized from a crypto account in the name of Guo Baokun at Binance crypto exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account in the name of Pan Zhimin at Binance crypto exchange "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an investment fraud scheme" in USA v. 44,799.79 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547 USDT, 100.896 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled Binance Holdings Ltd. in the names of Martins Eromosele Iyere, Olawumi Stephen Adewale, and Moses Olumide Sokale in USA v. 0.40401694 Bitcoin, 59,911.36 Tether, 9,128.847 Tether, 1,346.37 Decentraland, 1,039.6163 Curvedao, 14,690.894 Zillqa, 5.5550225 Avalanche, and 14,534,916 Shiba Inu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged "proceeds of a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme" in USA v. 87,637.00 USDT seized from a Binance account at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 0.28364161 Bitcoin and 70429.05 Tether linked to an alleged fake 'Microsoft Technician' fraud against a 69-year-old resident of Texas at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly associated with fraud and money laundering in USA v. 32,133.63 Tether seized from an account at Binance held in the name of Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Complaint involving "a so-called 'stablecoin' that is pegged 1-to-1 to the U.S. Dollar, called USD Coin and denominated as USDC" in FXCH Ltd., a.k.a. Foreign Exchange Clearing House, described as an Ireland-based "member-based financial utility for Institutional Spot-FX Clearing" v. Centre Consortium LLC at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Transcript of Decision in which U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla granted crypto lawyer Kyle Roche's motion to withdraw and removed Roche Freedman law firm as interim class counsel in litigation styled as ‘In Re. Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation’ in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; DigFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether International Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Giancarlo Devasini, a citizen of Italy, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" that were seized from a wallet at Binance crypto exchange in the name of Avinash Pal in USA v. 0.24247794 Bitcoin and 38,616.40303284 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" that were seized from a wallet in the name of Manprett Singh at Binance crypto exchange "by agents with the United States Secret Service during an investigation into in USA v. 726,602.61971034 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Order that the Bitfinex/Tether defendants produce financial records that "relate to the backing of USDT" in Aaron Leibowitz et al et al v. BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Bittrex, Inc., Crypto Capital Corp., Giancarlo Devasini, DigFinex Inc., Reginald Fowler, Global Trade Solutions AG, Poloniex, LLC, Philip G. Potter, Tether Holdings Limited, Tether International Limited, Tether Limited, Tether Operations Limited, iFinex Inc., and Ludovicus Jan van der Velde at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft of more than $2 million in cryptocurrency by Zin Ko Oo [a 30-year-old citizen of Myanmar], Wing San Tse [a 33-year-old resident of Hong Kong], Shen Chee Kok [a 34-year-old citizen of Singapore], and potentially others through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" in USA v. Approximately 503,349.86 Tether, 1,379,999 Cardano, and 163,118 Binance USD formerly held in accounts at cryptocurrency exchange Binance at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 270,771.29 USDT, a.k.a. Tether, seized from an account at Binance Holdings Limited that are allegedly the proceeds of "a financial scam" committed against an "elderly couple", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 73,586.17 USDT (Tether) that are "proceeds of a cryptocurrency fraud scheme" and were seized from an account at Binance cryptocurrency exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Letter Motion by plaintiffs regarding a discovery dispute in a case styled as ‘Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation’ in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; DigFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether International Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Giancarlo Devasini, a citizen of Italy, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

This video looks at Tether and NEXO, two ongoing questionable schemes in the crypto industry that collectively involve hundreds of billions of dollars. Speakers: Edward Normand, Partner, Roche Freedman; Eric Rosen, Partner, Roche Freedman; and Kyle Roche, Partner, Roche Freedman.

Class Action Complaint alleging cryptocurrency fraud in Tether Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Tether International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Operations Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., and BFXWW Inc., all of the British Virgin Islands and collectively doing business as Bitfinex, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

British Virgin Islands-domiciled crypto 'stablecoin' group Tether has been fined $41 million for fraud by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which also fined BVI crypto exchange Bitfinex $1.5 million for unlicensed activity and other offenses.

Administrative Order by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission imposing a fine of $41 million on Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Operations Limited, and Tether International Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands, and Tether Limited, of Hong Kong, for alleged fraud with its "virtual currency stablecoin".

Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' motions to dismiss a class action complaint known as "Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation" in which "a group of individual investors who purchased cryptocommodities - a class of crypto-assets that includes bitcoin - detailed a wide-ranging conspiracy to artificially inflate the price of those cryptocommodities" by entities in or from the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Panama, and USA in Pinchas Goldshtein et al v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether Limited, Tether International Limited, DigFinex Inc., Giancarlo Devasini, Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, Philip Potter, Reginald Fowler, Crypto Capital Corp., Bittrex, Inc., and Poloniex, LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Settlement Agreement between the New York State Attorney General and seven cryptocurrency firms, namely iFinex Inc., the operator of a cryptocurrency exchange known as Bitfinex; BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether International Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands, and Tether Limited, of Hong Kong. A copy of the agreement was attached to a letter filed by class action plaintiffs in a separate but related civil action alleging fraud.

Seven cryptocurrency firms, six of which are domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, including Bitfinex and Tether, have agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle a criminal investigation by the New York State Attorney General, Letitia James.

Claim Form in Liandong (Hainan) E-Sports Co., Ltd., of China v. "A", described as "an unknown person controlling a cryptocurrency wallet", and Tether International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Motion to Dismiss Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint styled as 'Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation' by iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; DigFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether International Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Giancarlo Devasini, a citizen of Italy, in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc. et al at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion to Dismiss Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint styled as 'Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation' by Philip G. Potter in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc. et al at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion to Dismiss Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint styled as 'Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation' by Reginald Fowler in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc. et al at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion to Dismiss Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint styled as 'Tether and Bitfinex Crypto Asset Litigation' by Bittrex Inc. and Poloniex LLC in David Leibowitz et al v. iFinex Inc. et al at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Entry regarding "a true and correct copy of the Decision and Order entered in the Clerk's Office of the Appellate Division, First Department, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York on July 9, 2020" in a case that "raises important issues about the scope of the authority of petitioner, the Attorney General of the State of New York, to investigate fraud under the Martin Act" in New York Attorney General v. iFinex Inc., d.b.a. Bitfinex; BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., and Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Operations Limited, Tether Limited, and Tether International Limited, all of Hong Kong, regarding a criminal investigation involving cryptocurrencies, filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Decision and Order on Motion for Injunction/Restraining Order in New York Attorney General v. iFinex Inc., d.b.a. Bitfinex; BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., and Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Operations Limited, Tether Limited, and Tether International Limited, all of Hong Kong, regarding a criminal investigation involving cryptocurrencies, filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Two major U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges - Bittrex and Poloniex - have been added as defendants to a class action complaint that alleges crypto buyers around the world were collectively swindled out of billions of dollars in an unprecedented "criminal" price manipulation scheme.

Consolidated Class Action Amended Complaint alleging "a sophisticated scheme to fraudulently inflate the price of cryptocurrencies ..., causing the price of these cryptocommodities to spike far above their legitimate value in the largest bubble in human history, and ultimately resulting in billions of dollars of damage to innocent cryptocommodity purchasers" in Matthew Script, Benjamin Leibowitz, Jason Leibowitz, Aaron Leibowitz, and Pinchas Goldshtein v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether International Limited, DigFinex Inc., all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Philip G. Potter, of New York; Giancarlo Devasini, described as a citizen of Italy; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, described as a citizen of the Netherlands; Reginald Fowler, of Arizona; Crypto Capital Corp., of Panama; Bittrex, Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Seattle, Washington, and Poloniex, LLC, described as a Delaware company based in Boston, Massachusetts, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Joseph Ebanks, of Stow, Ohio v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., DigFinex Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Limited, and Tether Operations Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Jean-Louis van der Velde, of Hong Kong; Giancarlo Devasini, of France, and Philip Potter, of Ocean Beach, NY, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Bryan Faubus, of New York v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., and BFXWW Inc., each described as a British Virgin Islands company based in Hong Kong; DigFinex Inc., of the BVI; Tether Holdings Limited, described as a BVI company based in Taiwan; Tether Limited, described as a Hong Kong company based in Taiwan; Tether Operations Limited, of Hong Kong, and Tether International Limited, of Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Eric Young, of Pennsylvania; Adam Kurtz, of New York, and David Crystal, of Florida v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., and BFXWW Inc., each described as a British Virgin Islands company based in Hong Kong; DigFinex Inc., of the BVI; Tether Holdings Limited, described as a BVI company based in Taiwan; Tether Limited, described as a Hong Kong company based in Taiwan; Tether Operations Limited, of Hong Kong, and Tether International Limited, of Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: This is a re-filing of a class action complaint that was first filed at federal court in Seattle, Washington on November 22nd, 2019 and voluntarily dismissed on January 7th, 2020.

British Virgin Islands Registry of Corporate Affairs Search Report for Tether Holdings Limited, which has been accused of participation in a multi-billion dollar fraud involving cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.