Police seize record $249 million of cryptocurrency in UK

Almost £180 million ($249 million) in cryptocurrency has been seized by London’s Metropolitan Police — the biggest confiscation in the UK, the force said.The confiscation is thought to be one of the largest globally, the Met Police said, and comes just weeks after police confiscated £114 million ($158 million) of cryptocurrency in June.The seizures were made by the force’s economic crime command, after pursuing intelligence received about the transfer of criminal assets, a press statement said Tuesday.

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