TRON, Tether, and blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis created the Digital Crime Task Force on November 12 to detect and disrupt transactions linked to criminal activity involving USDT on the TRON blockchain. The initiative combines transaction monitoring, blockchain intelligence, and cooperation with law enforcement to accelerate the identification and freezing of suspicious funds before they are transferred. Its targets include investment fraud, romance scams, cryptocurrency hacks, terrorist financing, and North Korean cyber operations. Tether says it has already frozen more than $7 billion linked to illicit activity while working with over 360 law enforcement agencies across 73 countries. Chainalysis reports that AI-enabled scams were 4.5 times more profitable in 2025, while impersonation scams increased by more than 1,400% year over year. The new task force follows the T3 Financial Crime Unit, which was reportedly dissolved after coordination and response-time problems despite helping freeze approximately $250 million in illicit assets with Binance’s participation.
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