The state is warning New Yorkers to be on the lookout for “pig butchering” scams, which target unsuspecting victims to make fraudulent investments resulting in severe financial losses, according to a ...

Friends and family of a San Francisco retiree knew he was being scammed and tried for months to warn him, but nothing could stop him from wiring all his money to the scammers, who he thought was a ...

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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 ...

The Department of Justice seized over $8 million from romance scammers after tracing the money to cryptocurrency wallets.

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 ...

US federal agents in North Carolina have seized over $61 million in Tether linked to a pig butchering crypto investment scam.

New York’s top law enforcement official is warning residents about a fast-growing scam that starts with friendship and ends with drained bank accounts. Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer ...

Pig butchering scams have emerged as one of the most pervasive threats to cryptocurrency investors, with losses in the billions of dollars across 200,000 identified cases in 2024, according to a ...

Thousands have lost huge sums after being lured into fraudulent online investment schemes by seemingly attractive strangers who strike up online conversations with them. By Cezary Podkul / ProPublica ...