PANews reported on May 15th that according to ZachXBT, the anti-money laundering tool AML Bot has been long used by criminal organizations to evade address tracking, with weak internal controls becoming the source of vulnerabilities. He cited examples: in the 2024 Genesis creditor theft case, attackers used AML Bot to avoid freezing; in 2025, the BlackBasta ransomware group recommended the tool for address verification; Krebs' blog also disclosed that its customers include the Dark Web tool Antinalysis.
Previously, blockchain forensics company AMLBot released a report pointing out that Tether's freezing mechanism was exposed to have delays, which has led to the theft of over $78 million in assets.
