In the U.S., the December indictments were not the first, as the DOJ announced a seizure of $112 million related to pig butchering in April and the seizure of $9 million of Tether USDT in November ...

Pig butchering has cropped up in other regions of Africa as well, with ties to Chinese-speaking criminals. In June, 88 people in Namibia were rescued from a scam center, which had links to Chinese ...

Victims were tricked into believing they were investing in legitimate crypto ventures, only to be scammed by criminal ...

The Department of Justice on Wednesday asked a court to let the agency seize $225 million from a so-called “pig butchering” ...

What is “pig butchering” “Pig butchering” schemes are on the rise, which refers to a type of online investment fraud. How this scheme works is a victim is lured into making increasingly ...

A pig butchering scam is a common type of online scam in which cybercriminals gain a victim's trust and then convince them to invest in a fake crypto investment opportunity. It's a cruel, crude, ...

We’ve all gotten the text. An unknown number pops up in your messages, addressing you by the wrong name and asking how you’ve been. I received one a few months back from someone who called ...

Read full article: Trial begins for woman accused of driving drunk, killing 2 children at Swan Boat Club birthday party DETROIT, MICHIGAN - FEBRUARY 09: Head Coach J.B. Bickerstaff of the Detroit ...

A victim of a crypto ‘pig butchering’ scam just got his $140,000 back NPR investigated a crypto scam company known as SpireBit, which stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Russian ...

A tech executive claims she fell for an online romance scam known as "pig butchering" — a cryptocurrency investment scheme she says drained her bank account of more than $450,000.

Studio10’s Krystin Rae is sitting down with Erine Lewis, the Head of Risk with People’s Credit Union. Today, they’re talking about “Pig Butchering” which is a term for a long-term ...