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infrastructure from being used as instrumentalities of the fraud schemes.The seized domain was disguised as a legitimate investment platform to trick victims into unknowingly depositing their funds. Victims who used the domain reported to the FBI that the site showed lucrative returns on what they believed to be their investments and displayed purported deposits made by scammers to the victims’ “accounts” when the scammers walked the victims through falsified trades. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia; DOJ’s Criminal Division, including the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Fraud Section, and
Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and the U.S. announcement Justice Department Announces Seizure of Tai Chang Scam Compound Domain Used in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs The Justice Department today announced the seizure of a web domain used to target and defraud Americans through cryptocurrency investment fraud (CIF) scams. Despite the seized domain being registered in early November 2025, the FBI already identified multiple victims who used the domain in the last
month and were scammed out of their investments.A splashpage the tickmilleas.com website warns victims who have been directed to the domain that it has been seized by law enforcement, thereby disrupting the intended CIF scam activity and related money laundering.According to the affidavit filed in support of the seizure, the tickmilleas.com domain directed users to download mobile applications linked to the scam from Google Play and the Apple App Store. The FBI notified Google and Apple of the fraudulent apps, and several of the applications have been voluntarily removed. Additionally, also announced today, based on information