According to DLNews, the Daegu District Court in South Korea sentenced a 41-year-old head of an illegal cryptocurrency exchange to 5 years in prison, and his 35-year-old employee received a sentence of 2 years and 8 months for laundering approximately 1 million dollars (contacted via Telegram within 3 months) for an overseas voice phishing gang using USDT; the gang impersonated law enforcement personnel or relatives to induce victims to transfer funds to accounts controlled by the exchange, with the money quickly withdrawn and converted to USDT, making it impossible for banks to freeze; the judge described the crime as "severe," and the defendants did not compensate the victims; the number of victims has not been specified.