The U.S. government, through an operation dubbed "Big Tuna," seized $225 million in cryptocurrency from alleged scammers, aiming to disrupt a scam compound in the Philippines. However, victims like Nivie Kaul, who lost over $8 million in 2022 and had tracked some of her funds to a wallet seized by a Turkish court in 2023, are now battling the U.S. government to recover their money after the U.S. took custody of those holdings.