Binance Accounts Frozen for Seizure
What happens if your Binance accounts get frozen? Binance customer service begin responding with only “account under internal review.” Eventually, Binance might tell you that a law enforcement agency in the United States has triggered the freeze or intends to seize the account. Either before or after the seizure, Binance might ask you to contact the law enforcement agency involved after providing the agency’s name and email address.
An attorney can contact the law enforcement agency on your behalf. Your attorney can also conduct their own tracing to show problems with the alleged nexus between and crime and the assets in your cryptocurrency wallet. Most importantly, your attorney can file a claim for court action which triggers a 90 day deadline for the agency to either return the funds or take court action. In many cases, the funds are returned right before that 90 day deadline.
The federal law enforcement agencies involved in these investigations include the FBI, DEA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and United States Secret Service (USSS). Although less common, a state law enforcement agency in Florida might trigger the freeze or seizure of a cryptocurrency account.
Attorney for Binance Accounts Frozen for Forfeiture
If your account a Binance was frozen as part of a criminal investigation, or if you were ask to contact a law enforcement agency in the United States, consider seeking the services of an experienced crypto forfieture attorney.
We can reach out to the investigating agency, find out the reason for the restrictions, and provide the appropriate response. If the agency intends to seize the account for a civil or criminal asset forfeiture proceeding, we can act on your behalf before the seizure. If your funds are frozen or seize, we can help you file a verified claim for court action.
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Our Binance Recent Case Results
USSS Returns $925,121.82 USDT Seized from a Binance Account
On November 12, 2025, the United States Secret Service (USSS) ( tlrinfo@usss.dhs.gov ) returned 925,121.82 USDT, worth $925,121.82, seized from a Binance Account to Sammis Law Firm. The seizure was part of a forfeiture action related to a criminal case pending in the Eastern District of Texas. We provided information to the USSS and the assigned AUSA that the funds were improperly seized from our clients and should be returned.
$2,170,000 Binance Account Unfrozen
We were retained on August 8, 2025, to represent clients with a Binance account worth over $2,170,000 in USDT. The clients retained us after 33 months of requesting information from Binance.com customer service about why their account was frozen only to be repeatedly told the “account under internal review” or “completion expected soon.” After determining the account was frozen at the request of the FBI, we filed a verified claim demanding court action which was signed by our clients. We were then contacted by a DEA Special Agent and the Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) assigned to the case. Based on the FBI’s concerns, we helped our clients provide records showing how the transactions occurred, and why they had no knowledge that some small portion of the funds could allegedly be traced to a vast money laundering enterprise. The AUSA indicated they would normally seize the funds, start the forfeiture process, and provide my clients with direct notice of the seizure. Based on the information provided, however, the government decided not to take that action because our clients had explained, in detail, that they were unwittingly involved. The information provided was helpful to the federal investigation and suggested our clients made trades without properly vetting the source of the funds and/or the trade counter party, but had no criminal intent. For those reasons, on September 10, 2025, the FBI and AUSA decided to withdraw the FBI’s freeze request. Within 2 business days, the account was unfrozen.
Background Information on Binance.com
Binance does business as and runs Binance.com, an online exchange platform through which millions of users around the world buy and sell virtual assets, including cryptocurrency. Binance was founded mainly by Zhao in 2017 before becoming the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Binance is a Cayman Islands corporation.
When a user opened an account on Binance, the platform assigns the user a custodial virtual asset wallet. The digital wallet remains in Binance’s custody but allows the user to conduct transactions on the platform Binance.com. Those transactions include transferring assets to other Binance users or to external digital wallets and convering convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency that could then be transferred to traditional bank accounts, including foreign bank accounts, or otherwise withdrawn.
Binance charged its users fees for every transaction. The fees varied based on a user’s trading volume. Higher-volume traders typically paying lower fees. Higher-volume traders helped provide liquidity, which is critical to a large cryptocurrency exchange.
This article was last updated on Friday, September 12, 2025.