{
  "id": 5069315,
  "title": "Lawsuit challenges Tether for allegedly freezing $42.4 million USDT before U.S. warrant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/lawsuit-challenges-tether-for-allegedly-freezing-42-4-million-usdt",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T11:03:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/02/tether-sued-over-usd42-4-million-usdt-freeze-allegedly-made-months-before-u-s-warrant"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The plaintiffs allege that Tether acted in response to an informal U.S. law-enforcement request more than three months before a seizure warrant was issued.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Thai businessmen sue Tether for freezing $42M in $61M pig butchering case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/thai-businessmen-sue-tether-for-freezing-42m-in-61m-pig-butchering",
        "published": "2026-09-02T12:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}