A Kansas banker stole millions of dollars from his small-town bank in 2023, causing the bank to collapse, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. Much of the money he stole went to offshore cryptocurrency scammers who were the target of a record-breaking crackdown by the Department of Justice.
Prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture suit targeting more than $225 million in laundered USDT. The funds were part of a "romance scam" scheme linked to a call center in the Philippines and ensnared Shan Hanes, the disgraced former chief executive of Heartland Tri-State Bank. Hanes embezzled $47 million in a theft directly blamed for causing the agricultural lender to collapse in 2023.
Department of Justice links Kansas bank collapse to $225 million "romance scam" seizure
2025-06-19 02:15:41
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