The Justice Department recently announced its seizing of $15 billion in Bitcoin, the US's largest ever asset forfeiture. But questions are swirling the case. For one, we found DOJ is relying on some apparently bogus evidence: www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

In October, the U.S. Justice Department announced the seizure of a cache of bitcoin then valued at $15B. Five months later, questions and frustrations have begun to swirl around the department’s handling of the seized funds, tied to the Cambodia-based Prince Group.

IRS criminal referrals on big corporations and ultrawealthy individuals plummeted during Trump’s first year The IRS office the audits billionaires and large corporations referred *at most* two cases to criminal investigators in fiscal year 2025. www.icij.org/news/2026/03... @icij.org

"The reduction in supervisory staff at the IRS matches a trend we’ve seen across AML enforcement agencies. This sends the signal that the US is open to dirty money. It undermines our national security and market integrity." Erica Hanichak, @factcoalition.bsky.social

As cryptocurrency use in the United States surges, the number of civil investigators assigned to review safeguards against dirty money in the industry plummeted last year to the lowest level since at least 2017 www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

According to several law enforcement sources in Belgium and other members of the European Union, Binance has stopped responding to all requests from police, public prosecutors and investigating judges when data is sought related to suspicious accounts www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

How ICIJ traced hundreds of millions from Huione Group to major crypto exchanges www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

Cryptocurrency giant Tether is wildly profitable. Can it do more to stop financial crime? We examined a single crypto wallet address that moved more than $1.4 billion in Tether tokens over a matter of weeks and the wake of destruction it left: www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

Latest in @icij.org Coin Laundry: @scillaa.bsky.social on the inner workings of HTX, the crypto exchange associated with billionaire Justin Sun. How beneficial is the vaunted transparency of blockchains when paired with complex layers of obfuscation? www.icij.org/investigatio...

Join us for a live, free virtual event on Thursday, Nov. 20 and hear directly from @spencerwoodman.bsky.social, the lead reporter of The #CoinLaundry, how the crypto industry profits off proceeds of scams, theft and other crimes. Register here:

Our reporting on cryptocurrency is just beginning. Stay tuned. Do you have a noteworthy and solidly attributed cryptocurrency address to share? Do you work at a major blockchain analytics firm? Contacts in bio www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

ICIJ spent months investigating a growing and loosely-regulated industry that converts big sums of Tether into physical cash, often with few questions asked www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

Here's something I've been wondering about for a few months. Anyone know who this is? 0xA06Ad2e0339375124D255F1fAb201964eF707E18

Binance, whose billionaire founder was just pardoned by Trump, kept financial ties with a group that launders crypto for North Korean hackers and human trafficking compounds even after Treasury Dept raised red flag on it earlier this year: www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

Binance, whose billionaire founder was just pardoned by Trump, kept financial ties with a group that laundered crypto for North Korean hackers and human trafficking compounds even after Treasury Dept raised red flag on it earlier this year: www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

Ever wonder whether the biggest crypto firms are linked up with a shadowy financial underworld awash in dirty money? We got you covered www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

‪ We combined undercover ops with blockchain analytics to expose a crypto-fueled shadow economy quietly operating all around you: www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

$28 Billion in illicit crypto flows 🫰 The first part of @icij.org 's #CoinLaundry series is live: ICIJ & 37 partners investigated how #crypto companies empowered a shadow economy that thrives on crime. By @spencerwoodman.bsky.social & team www.icij.org/investigatio...

From Dubai to Toronto, my colleague @spencerwoodman.bsky.social dives in the world of crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. #CoinLaundry www.icij.org/investigatio...

Today @icij.org and 37 other newsrooms around the world are releasing one of the largest ever investigations into dirty money across the cryptocurrency industry. This is just the beginning of our work. www.icij.org/investigatio...

The #CoinLaundry is coming soon. ICIJ’s latest investigation is a global collaboration between 38 media partners in 35 countries! Stay tuned for more on Monday! Sign up to get it straight to your inbox: buff.ly/yZk76B5

The IRS unit that audits billionaires lost 38 percent of its employees in DOGE cuts — a far higher loss rate than the IRS as a whole: icij.org/news/2025/03... @icij.org

I investigated millions of dollars in Covid-relief funds that poured into shell companies registered at a Wyoming storefront. Finding questionable recipients wasn't hard: www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, according to agents www.icij.org/inside-icij/... @icij.org