Criminal Complaint Against Circle Puts USDC Freeze Policy Under a Microscope
A Wisconsin criminal complaint against Circle reveals how USDC's court-order-only freeze policy leaves scam victims behind — while Tether acts 30x faster.
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The Wisconsin case stems from a Walworth County romance-scam victim's 381,000 frozen USDC; AMLBot data shows Tether froze about $3.3 billion during 2023-2025 versus Circle's $109 million.
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