A husband-and-wife team of alleged money launderers was arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday morning, it added.
It was the Justice Department's biggest financial seizure, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said, adding in a statement that it shows cryptocurrency is "not a safe haven for criminals."
Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, both New Yorkers, were scheduled to make their initial appearances in federal court Tuesday at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
