Tether freezes $93K USDT linked to M1llionz cybercrime case

Two home invasions in France. Victims hospitalized. Roughly $667K in crypto stolen at knifepoint. And the suspect allegedly celebrated it all on a Telegram channel called “EMPIRE.” On-chain investigator ZachXBT published a detailed thread tracing the laundering trail of a suspect operating under the aliases M1llionz and RichMilly666, ultimately prompting Tether to freeze $93K in USDT tied to a specific Ethereum address. It’s a case study in how blockchain’s permanent ledger can turn a criminal’s digital paper trail into a liability. Two robberies, one brutal week The first robbery took place on April 17, 2026. Approximately 7.2 BTC, worth around $557K at the time, was stolen during a violent home invasion that left multiple people hospitalized. Three days later, on April 20, a second robbery yielded another $110K in crypto. Victims were reportedly restrained and threatened into handing over access to their wallets. Following the money through the blockchain ZachXBT’s investigation mapped out a laundering path that moved stolen Bitcoin through Chainflip, a cross-chain bridging protocol, before routing funds into KuCoin. From there, portions were swapped into USDT on the Ethereum net...