Secret Service Cracks Down on Global Scam Tools Sold via Telegram
The U.S. Secret Service has frozen $52.8 million in cryptocurrency tied to Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language marketplace on Telegram that sells tools for scammers to defraud people worldwide.
Xinbi Guarantee is known to run on Telegram and sell the necessary tools for global scams. The government agents worked with Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic to identify and freeze the funds.
'Elliptic has been tracking Xinbi and its wallet infrastructure for several years, and our intelligence directly enabled the freezing action,' said a statement from Elliptic.