Secret Service Freezes $52.8 Million in Crypto Tied to Telegram Bazaar Behind Global Scams

Decrypt · 2026-09-09T17:16:08.000Z

Blockchain sleuths at Elliptic traced the money, Treasury sanctioned the marketplace, and Xinbi—which ran $24 billion through a Telegram scam bazaar—called the freeze unfair.

Source: Decrypt · · fact-reporting