US Seizes 15B BTC, Indicts Chairman: Forced Labor Scam Compounds, Crypto Fraud (justice.gov)

In the media: https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/us-uk-announce-sweeping-sanc...

15 billion USD worth of bitcoin, not 15 billion bitcoins.

Previous discussion from a few days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45580981

There can only even be 21M BTC ever. Title is derp'd

“15B in BTC” — please fix the title

How did they seize it?

Trainwreck of a headline. Suggestion: DOJ seeks $15B Bitcoin forfeiture from Cambodian forced labor scam.