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Nov 12, 2026

DOJ wins court authority to seize $1.2 billion from Binance hack, disrupts North Korean schemes

The US Department of Justice obtained court approval to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance in the October hack, while also disrupting a separate North Korean 'FaceStealer' deepfake scheme responsible for over $400 million in crypto theft over 18 months.

Nov 12, 2026·4 sources
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  • ▪The FBI posted a hub for the FaceStealer campaign at fbi.gov/facestealer
  • ▪The U.S. attorney's office in the Central District of California and the FBI seized cloud-based infrastructure used in FaceStealer, a North Korean social engineering campaign
  • ▪The DOJ's court authorization to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion is the legal step that allows the government to move toward taking ownership of funds through forfeiture, where until that point the funds had simply been frozen at token issuers

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