Federal agents have quietly pulled off one of the largest financial seizures in American history, taking control of roughly 15 billion dollars in bitcoin tied to a sprawling "pig butchering" ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the uninitiated, cracklings (or "cracklins'") are essentially the same as pork rinds and chicharrones — fried pork skin. But cracklings ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A cruel scam known as pig butchering has struck yet another Bay Area resident. This time, an elderly widow in San Jose thought she found new love online. Instead, she was targeted ...

Pig butchering, a form of romance fraud in which victims are groomed into sending money to fake crypto investment schemes, has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, according to blockchain ...

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 ...

In January 2023, a 67-year-old man in North Carolina received a text message from a woman named Jeanie. She said she lived in Miami and worked in fashion design. Though they never met in person, an ...

Pig butchering is a translation of the Chinese phrase "Shā Zhū Pán" and is one of the most devastating form of scam, targeting victims worldwide through sophisticated social engineering techniques, ...

A cast iron dish of super crispy, golden brown pork cracklings, surrounded by sliced limes. - rafaelgraminho/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases ...