Planet Daily News: The U.S. government is seeking to return $7 million to victims of social engineering fraud who were deceived into transferring money to fake cryptocurrency investment platforms. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, the fraud case involved scammers first contacting victims and gaining their trust, then directing them to websites disguised as legitimate cryptocurrency investment platforms. Once victims made deposits, funds were transferred through over 75 bank accounts nominally owned by shell companies, and then transferred "deceptively" overseas, appearing to be domestic remittances, although the funds were actually transferred to banks outside the United States. "When victims attempted to withdraw funds, criminals would force them to transfer money again by claiming victims needed to pay taxes on supposed earnings," (Cointelegraph)