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🚨 JUST IN: Tether has frozen $1.14 million in USDT linked to the suspected Crédit Mutuel Arkéa fraud.

The interesting part? Just four minutes earlier, the same wallet had received 4,450 $ETH .

Here's what happened:
• On November 4, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirmed a cyberattack involving fraudulent transactions.
• On-chain investigator ZachXBT estimates the total amount involved exceeds $133 million, although the bank has not confirmed this figure.
• Reports suggest fraudulent euro transfers from Fortuneo accounts were converted into crypto and withdrawn through exchanges.
• Kraken says its systems were not compromised and that accounts linked to the incident were restricted.
• Bitquery identified approximately $42.59 million across tracked Ethereum wallets, including the frozen USDT.

Why does this matter?
USDT and ETH operate under different rules.
Tether can freeze USDT because it controls the token's contract-level restrictions. It cannot directly freeze native ETH.
But that doesn't make ETH untraceable or impossible to recover. Exchanges, law enforcement and asset seizures can still play a role.
One important distinction: freezing funds is not the same as recovering stolen money.

The biggest unanswered question remains how the fraudulent bank transfers were authorized and how the exchange accounts were opened.

The blockchain trail is becoming clearer. The full story behind the banking breach is not.
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