A tumbler is a dark web mixing service that facilitates multiple cryptocurrency transactions for users. The service distributes a cryptocurrency to a designated crypto wallet at random times to conceal the original source of funds. Law enforcement agents seized different crypto wallets linked with the illegal dark web activity.
The cryptocurrency forfeiture action is the result of Operation TORnado, a joint investigation between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program.
The OCDETF Program’s top priority is to identify, disrupt, and dismatle transnational criminal organizations, drug traffickers, money launderers, and other criminal enterprises that threatens U.S. citizens.
In August 2020, U.S. authorities disrupted the online fundraising campaigns and seized the cryptocurrency accounts of terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda, Al-Qassam Brigades, and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In October 2020, the federal government disrupted and seized the websites of Kata’ib Hizballah, an Iran-backed terrorist organization.
