Kansas Banker's $47M Crypto Scam Tied to DOJ's Record USDT Seizure

  • A Kansas banker who looted $47 million from Heartland Tri-State Bank in 2023 lost a major chunk of the funds to an international crypto scam, according to a new Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint. The DOJ has filed a civil forfeiture action to seize over $225 million in laundered USDT tied to a large-scale pig butchering scam operated out of the Philippines.