FBI crackdown hits crypto pig butchering networks, 276 arrested
An FBI-led global enforcement effort targeting crypto pig butchering schemes has led to the arrest of 276 suspects and the…
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Druski Says He Reached Out To JSN After Butchering Name, Never Heard Back
Druski Reached Out To JSN After Butchering His Name … But Never Heard Back Published February 19, 2026 8:35 AM…
NY Attorney General Warns of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams as Crypto Fraud Losses Surge
New Yorkers face escalating “pig butchering” investment scams draining life savings through fake crypto platforms, prompting Attorney General Letitia James…
U.S. Targets Cambodian Pig Butchering, Takes $14B in Bitcoin as Biggest Ever Seizure
U.S. authorities dropped a legal hammer on global firm Prince Group as an operator of forced-labor global scam operations —…
DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin in pig butchering fraud
The Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held in cryptocurrency wallets owned by a man…
Elliptic Warns of Industrial-Scale Pig Butchering Scams Laundering Through Crypto
Pig butchering, a form of romance fraud in which victims are groomed into sending money to fake crypto investment schemes,…
Tether, Binance, Chainalysis aid $47m pig butchering crackdown in APAC
Following a joint investigation with Chainalysis, OKX, Tether, and Binance, law enforcement in the Asia-Pacific region froze millions of dollars…
Coinbase helps US Secret Service recover $225M in USDT tied to pig butchering scams
Coinbase helped the U.S. Secret Service trace and recover $225 million in USDT tied to pig butchering scams in one…
DOJ Ties Kansas Bank Collapse to $225 Million ‘Pig Butchering’ Seizure
A Kansas banker who looted millions from his small-town bank in 2023, which triggered its collapse, lost much of the…
DOJ seeks forfeiture of $225m tied to crypto ‘pig butchering’ scams
The United States Department of Justice has filed an enforcement action as it moves to seize more than $225 million…