Tether, a prominent stablecoin issuer, has taken action to freeze a TRON wallet that contains $29.62 million in USDT tokens. The wallet is suspected to be involved in criminal activities and crypto money laundering. The freezing of this wallet was announced on July 13 by a dedicated handle on X, which tracks banned addresses.
Bitrace, a leading provider of compliance and investigative tools for law enforcement agencies, has provided additional context to explain why the Tron wallet was blacklisted. According to Bitrace’s analysis, the frozen address is linked to the guarantee business of the Cambodian Huione Group, which was activated on July 9, 2024. However, Huione has attempted to bypass the freeze by activating a new business address and transferring $114,800 USDC from the frozen wallet.
Huione’s old related business address remains operational, and their other guarantee and payment businesses have been active for the past six months without any frozen addresses. Bitrace suggests that the reason for the freeze is Huione’s involvement in laundering funds for criminal activities, including fraud and crypto theft. The platform has issued a warning to Web3 practitioners, urging them to be vigilant about transaction risks when engaging in crypto payment businesses and emphasizing the importance of compliance and due diligence to avoid legal and financial consequences.
Tether has previously frozen several other crypto wallets, including those on the Ethereum network. One notable incident occurred on May 8, when Tether froze an Ethereum wallet containing a staggering $100,000,090.15 in USDT.
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