The US DOJ seized a ton of crypto stolen by pig butchering with the cooperation of Tether

The US DOJ seized a ton of crypto stolen by pig butchering with the cooperation of Tether https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/doj-crypto-scams.html

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wait tether can arbitrarily move money out of people's wallets?

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Apparently they can freeze assets and have done it before

Yep tether has “blacklist” functionality built into the contract, they can freeze funds at will 

https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/9d60cfa62a254ecabd9e925a2fa30f1f.png

Really unclear to me how the seizure occurred but Tether was thanked for their cooperation