User @NFTinfinityeth shared an incident today in which they were demanded a sky-high lawyer’s fee of 250,000 USD by Binance for receiving 2356 USDT. The incident involved the receipt of 2356 USDT, which was allegedly black money. Binance has been accused of inaction in this matter, and there are potential concerns regarding their response.
According to @NFTinfinityeth, an individual (Mr. I) from the UK claimed that approximately 1 million USDT worth of USDT and ETH was stolen from him by hackers in March and May of the year 2023. Among these funds, 2356 USDT was transferred to his Binance deposit address on June 23, 2023, making @NFTinfinityeth the defendant in this case.
However, Binance only informed @NFTinfinityeth about this incident via email in 2024, after a year had passed since the lawsuit was filed and the judgment had been made. As a result, @NFTinfinityeth had no opportunity to prove their innocence and had to accept the loss of 2356 USDT.
Thinking that the matter had come to a close, @NFTinfinityeth’s account was frozen by Binance again two days ago. The reason given by Binance’s legal department was:
In other words, apart from the previously accepted loss of 2356 USDT, @NFTinfinityeth might have to forfeit the remaining 90,000 USDT in their Binance account.
@NFTinfinityeth believes that the legal team’s actions are quite skilled and seem to be adept at conducting such cross-border lawsuits against ordinary users of exchanges. On the other hand, although Binance did not proactively engage in any actions harmful to users during this process, @NFTinfinityeth believes that Binance’s “passive” attitude in the face of legal proceedings has caused users to suffer unfair losses.
Binance has not yet responded to this matter, and @NFTinfinityeth has not explained whether the 2356 USDT in question is indeed black money. However, if the facts are indeed as described by @NFTinfinityeth, it raises concerns about the possibility of unscrupulous law firms using this method to fabricate theft incidents, distributing funds to unsuspecting exchange users’ addresses, and then fraudulently demanding lawyer’s fees from them.
By the way, if you are concerned about your wallet being contaminated with black money, you can use the “Wallet Risk Assessment” tool developed by SlowMist to check if there are any issues with your wallet.
