Couple arrested for largest financial seizure by US government

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Couple arrested for largest financial seizure by US government

A New York couple has been arrested on charges of conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency, and conspiring to defraud the US. Officials have seized $3.6 billion, the "largest seizure of cryptocurrency ever by US law enforcement," according to the DOJ. CNN's Zain Asher reports.

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