4 months ago
6
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, and as CNBC reports, it's the largest-ever seizure of its kind.
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.
Source: https://mashable.com/article/what-are-pig-butchering-scams Disclaimer of liability !!!
NEWS.SP1.RO is an automatic news aggregator. In each article, taken over by NEWS.SP1.RO with maximum 500 characters from the original article, the source name and hyperlink to the source are specified.
The acquisition of information aims to promote and facilitate access to information, in compliance with intellectual property rights, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the source.
If you are the owner of the content and do not wish to publish your materials, please contact us by email at [email protected] and the content will be deleted as soon as possible.
English (US) ·