UTether uye wabambisana noMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US (DOJ) ukuqhwaza ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 6 ngemali eboshelwe ukukhwabanisa kwe-cryptocurrency eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Abakhwabanisi bazenza amapulatifomu asemthethweni okukhohlisa abatshalizimali, ukufaka izimali ezikhwameni ezingekho emthethweni. Ngenxa yesenzo esisheshayo sikaTether, izimpahla zafakwa esiqandisini ngaphambi kokuba zihlanjululwe, okuvumela i-DoJ ukuba ibabambe.
I-CEO ye-Tether uPaolo Ardoino uphinde waqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwenkampani ekusizeni ukugcinwa komthetho, egcizelela imizamo yabo yokuletha abadlali ababi bomhlaba wonke ebulungiswani. Lesi senzo siyingxenye yokuphokophela okubanzi kukaTether ukuthuthukisa idumela layo nokuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kabi kwe-USDT emisebenzini engekho emthethweni. Le nkampani iqhwale ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1.8 billion exhumene nokusebenza kobugebengu kuze kube manje.