On November 20th, USDT issuing company Tether announced on its official website that OKX announced today that they have cooperated with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an investigation, which led to Tether voluntarily freezing about 225 million USDT tokens in external self-hosted wallets, which are associated with an international human trafficking group in Southeast Asia, which is involved in leading the global "pig-killing plate" scam.
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Tether: Following investigations by OKX and the U.S. Department of Justice, Tether voluntarily freezes 225 million USDT related to international criminal groups.
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