The US Justice Department announced on 19 July 2022 through a complaint filed in the US District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth approximately half a million dollars. The seized funds include ransoms paid by health care providers in Kansas and Colorado. “Thanks to rapid reporting and cooperation
