DOJ forfeiture W.D. Pa. 2:26-cv-01729: 'Multibank' pig-butchering wallets; Circle froze 30,000 USDC, USDT kept moving after seizure
- Scam type: Pig butchering
- Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
- Project or site name: Multibank
- Incident date: 2026-01-03
- Reported: 2026-10-17
- Last updated: 2026-10-17
The complaint in United States v. All USD Coin Located at 0x375C16ddeB488944ab8F470Fe89D29CE1C6575ac (W.D. Pa. 2:26-cv-01729, filed August 18, 2026) describes a victim, Y.C., who invested about $1,008,000 through a platform called "Multibank" between October 2025 and April 2026, buying crypto on Kraken and sending it on. The complaint prints "Address-1" with one character missing. Restoring a "4" after "E417" gives 0x2bD842b0dFEa21b1E4174De72ebb362dED30a963. That address received exactly the complaint's 198,916 USDC from an address Etherscan tags Kraken: Hot Wallet 4: 98,916 USDC on January…
Other addresses in this report: 0x375c16ddeb488944ab8f470fe89d29ce1c6575ac, 0x2bd842b0dfea21b1e4174de72ebb362ded30a963