On Wednesday, June 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced it had seized $225 million in cryptocurrency connected to pig butchering scams. The seizure involves funds stolen from 400 victims worldwide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Pig butchering’ see victims lured into investing their money by scammers (PA Archive) At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scam called “pig butchering” gaining steam as a potent threat to Canadians almost tricked this reporter. I received a message on ...

More than 200,000 people in Southeast Asia have been forced to run online scams in recent years, often being enslaved and brutalized, as part of criminal enterprises that have netted billions in ...

A report by Chainalysis released Thursday estimated that cryptocurrency scams amounted to $9.9 billion in 2024, with that figure likely to be revised higher. Revenue from "pig butchering," a type of ...

At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into travelling to Thailand for an ...