09/19/2026
The United States has increasingly used civil forfeiture to recover cryptocurrency stolen by transnational scam networks, but there is a legitimacy problem in the gap between seizure and victim recovery.
Federal Cryptocurrency Forfeiture: What Pig-Butchering Scam Cases Reveal About Civil Asset Forfeiture. Federal authorities increasingly use civil forfeiture to seize cryptocurrency linked to fraud. Learn how crypto forfeiture works, how claims are made, and why a government seizure does not necessar