Key facts
- The Department of Justice arrested 354 people in an operation it called Operation TorNado, per Bitcoin Magazine.
- The operation seized $234 million in cash and crypto, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
- The report did not name the targets, the charges or the offices that ran the operation.
The US Department of Justice arrested 354 people and seized $234 million in cash and crypto in an operation it called Operation TorNado, Bitcoin Magazine reported on November 12, 2026.
The report, published by Bitcoin Magazine, gave no account of who was arrested, what charges they face, which DOJ offices or partner agencies took part, or where the arrests and seizures took place. It also did not say how the $234 million splits between cash and crypto, or whether any of the seized assets have been forfeited.
No DOJ statement, court filing or charging document was cited in the report, and no other outlet's account of the operation was attached.