The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Huione Group, and the FBI seized cryptocurrency infrastructure linked to $70B scam operations. According to OFAC and the FBI, the U.S. Treasury took action against Huione Group on Tuesday, designating 26 entities and 9 individuals connected to Prince Group, a transnational criminal organization that targets Americans with pig-butchering romance scams. The Foreign Assets Control Office (OFAC) prohibits U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining correspondent accounts for Huione Group. The FBI confiscated the cloud computing infrastructure Huione used to support the operation. According to Chainalysis, Huione Guarantee has processed more than $70 billion in cryptocurrency over the past five years, laundering money for Prince Group.

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Huione Group, FBI Seizes Crypto Infrastructure Linked to $70B Scam Operation
According to OFAC and the FBI, the U.S. Treasury took action against Huione Group on Tuesday, designating 26 entities and nine individuals linked to the Prince Group, a transnational criminal organization targeting Americans with pig butchering romance scams. The Office of Foreign Assets Control
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NeonMargin
· 06-27 00:48
Sanctions on 26 entities and 9 individuals. Are there any KOLs you know on the list? I'll check my wallet first anyway.
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ViewingNarrativesFromAHotAir
· 06-27 00:07
The name Prince Group sounds like a movie villain, but the real person is even more unbelievable—romantic scams can even be industrialized.
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CollateralCora
· 06-26 23:55
The FBI just yanked the plug directly—absolutely brutal. They straight-up knocked out the cloud infrastructure; from now on, project teams have to think about where to put their servers.
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SeeingTheChainThroughTheFog
· 06-26 23:23
Huione Guarantee actually got away for five years before being caught—what on earth were the on-chain analysis companies doing all this time?
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GateUser-e62ee1b0
· 06-26 22:36
$70 billion—just that number makes my hands shake. The pig-butchering scam industry chain is far deeper than I ever imagined.
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