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The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) seized nearly $400,000 worth of cryptocurrencies from Binance accounts in May, according to public notices filed this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The agency seized bitcoin and tether valued at about $397,221 from six Binance accounts between May 2 and 23, federal forfeiture documents show. <\/p>\n
The assets were seized \u201cfor violation of federal law,\u201d the FBI wrote in the notice<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite now being the defendant in two lawsuits with US agencies \u2013 the US Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission<\/a> \u2013 Binance maintains that it still aids in these types of investigations.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBinance actively collaborates with law enforcement agencies worldwide \u2013 this includes identifying funds connected to criminal activities to help thwart bad actors,\u201d a spokesperson from Binance<\/a> told Blockworks.\u00a0<\/p>\n People in the US have been blocked from using Binance since 2019. Some residents, including those in New York, Texas and Vermont, are still unable to access Binance.US, the exchange\u2019s American affiliate.\u00a0<\/p>\n Binance claims to enforce global know-your-customer (KYC<\/a>) policies and restricts access for anyone identified as a US citizen, irrespective of their actual location. Additionally, it says that devices connected via US cellular providers or with US IP addresses are blocked. The exchange also does not allow withdrawals or deposits from US banks and credit card companies.<\/p>\n \u201cWe implement industry-leading controls to prevent people in the US from accessing services on Binance.com. We take pride in being a responsible member of the cryptocurrency community and are committed to playing our role in combating crimes that victimize cryptocurrency users globally,\u201d the spokesperson added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Crypto investors and Binance fans have found ways around the ban and efforts to block US persons. Users have taken to sites like Reddit<\/a> to share tips<\/a> for bypassing geographic blocks, such as using a virtual private network (VPN), to conceal their IP address.\u00a0<\/p>\n The FBI<\/a> declined to comment on the seizures or its relationship with Binance.\u00a0<\/p>\n The FBI also seized crypto assets from accounts on other exchanges in May, FBI public notices show. Around $30,000 was seized from accounts on Bybit<\/a> and $16,000 from Freewallet users.\u00a0<\/p>\n Get the day\u2019s top crypto news and insights delivered to your email every evening.\u00a0Subscribe to Blockworks\u2019 free newsletter<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/strong><\/p>\n Want alpha sent directly to your inbox? Get degen trade ideas, governance updates, token performance, can\u2019t-miss tweets and more from\u00a0Blockworks Research\u2019s Daily Debrief<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Can\u2019t wait? Get our news the fastest way possible.\u00a0Join us on Telegram<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) seized nearly $400,000 worth of cryptocurrencies from Binance accounts in May, according to public notices filed this month.\u00a0 The agency seized bitcoin and tether valued at about $397,221 from six Binance accounts between May 2 and 23, federal forfeiture documents show. The assets were seized \u201cfor violation of federal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-137723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148325,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137723\/revisions\/148325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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