{
  "id": 6448537,
  "title": "Secret Service Freezes $52.8 Million in Crypto Tied to Telegram Bazaar Behind Global Scams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/secret-service-freezes-52-8-million-in-crypto-tied-to-telegram-bazaar",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-09T17:16:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/377804/secret-service-freezes-crypto-telegram-bazaar-xinbi"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Blockchain sleuths at Elliptic traced the money, Treasury sanctioned the marketplace, and Xinbi—which ran $24 billion through a Telegram scam bazaar—called the freeze unfair.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}