On the subject of transparency, the officially-listed offices for Tether, BitFinex, and iFinex were all fake and had none of their employees

BitFinex and Tether are partners, and iFinex was the parent company of both.

One investigative journalist went to visit the listed addresses for all 3 companies and reported his discoveries several years ago.

Not surprisingly, all 3 offices were either fake or not owned by any of those companies. One was a legal office that did paperwork for BitFinex. None of the offices had any Tether, BitFinex, or iFinex employees. So if Tether ever goes down, you won't be able to find the people responsible.