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Kevin Helms

DOJ Ties 1.00001188 BTC Forfeiture Bid to Wei Gong Binance Account in Georgia Case

U.S. prosecutors are pursuing forfeiture of 1.00001188 bitcoin connected to a synthetic drug importation investigation involving Chinese national Wei Gong, also known as David Gong. The DOJ said on May 20, 2026, Gong was arrested in China, while a civil complaint filed April 15, 2026, links the seized BTC to a Binance account investigators say he controlled. The filings also cite undercover DEA bitcoin payments in 2023 and blockchain tracing across multiple platforms as part of the evidence trail.