Claims extracted
11
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
2 of 11 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The FBI said Thursday that it had seized more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency reported stolen last month from Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange.
asserted
it → say → Binance
The
is regarded as the , and the FBI has previously known as TraderTraitor.
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FBI → regard → TraderTraitor
The U.S. government and private sector have so far combined to freeze more than $2.7 billion of the stolen funds, and the Justice Department said Thursday that it has now obtained court authorization to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion of that total.
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it → combine → total
Typically in those situations, the U.S. government will file a claim of forfeiture with a judge, who will then determine who has a legitimate claim to the recovered funds.
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who → file → funds
Also Thursday, the FBI blamed North Korea for a separate social engineering scheme that officials say resulted in the theft of $400 million worth of cryptocurrency over the last 18 months.
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officials → blame → months
That scheme, known as FaceStealer, involves a complicated chain of events combining the hijacking of popular messaging apps and the recording of deepfake videos.
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scheme → know → videos
U.S. officials have repeatedly accused North Korea of using cyber schemes to generate funds for its regime, including its illicit weapons program.
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officials → accuse → program
"Cryptocurrency unfortunately has become fertile ground for North Korea to defraud victims and fund its malign activities," First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said in a Justice Department statement.
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Essayli → become → statement
"Today's seizure shows that America will continue the fight against rogue states who financially gain from cybercrime."
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who → show → cybercrime
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said in the statement that "By springing into action at a moment's notice, we worked together to freeze this massive criminal fraud in its tracks.
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we → say → tracks
The North Korean regime may think they are sophisticated cyber criminals, but we have consistently met them head on, as we did here seizing more than $1.2 billion of their stolen assets."
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we → think → assets
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