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The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to seize over $500,000 worth of USDT from the private wallet of an Iranian drone supplier.

12 September 2025

BlockBeats News, September 12th, according to Decrypt’s report, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit aimed at recovering 584,741 USDT from an Iranian citizen.

According to the U.S. DOJ, Mohammad Abedini is the founder of the Iranian SDRA company, which provides technical support to Iran’s “Shahed” military drones. The tokens are said to be held in a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, but authorities did not provide more details.