In May, the DEA seized just over $500,000 in the dollar-linked cryptocurrency Tether from two Binance accounts it suspected were being used to funnel illegal narcotics proceeds, according to a search warrant reviewed by Forbes. The funds were placed in DEA-controlled accounts, stored in a Trezor hardware-based wallet and placed into a secure facility.

As part of standard processing, DEA agents sent a test amount (~$45 worth) to the U.S. Marshals Service before sending more.

A crypto scammer saw the transaction on the blockchain and decided to use a scamming tactic called address poisoning.

The crypto scammer then tricked them into sending him ~$55,000 USDT instead of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Sources: forbes.com
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This scam has happened around 2 months ago, but only last week articles starting popping up everywhere about this. However none of them has mentioned any specific wallet addresses affected or transaction hashes of this incident.

So I decided to do a little investigation 🕵️.

Update: It appears the funds were successfully recovered. ♻️🎉

In this dashboard we will:

• 🚨 Find the DEA's wallet and its transfers
• ⚠️ Investigate the scam
• 🤔 Observe scammer's wallet and activity
• ♻️ Update: The recovery of stolen funds.

DO NOT INTERACT WITH THE FRAUDULENT ADDRESSES MENTIONED IN THIS DASHBOARD!