Pig Butchering

Tether fuels Cambodian digital marketplace that fuels ‘pig butchering’ scams
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11 July, 2024

Tether fuels Cambodian digital marketplace that fuels ‘pig butchering’ scams

Elliptic reported on Huione Guarantee, a digital marketplace that has become a hub for ‘pig butchering’ scams, and Tether's USDT...
Tether responsible for 84% of ‘pig butchering’ transaction volume
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5 March, 2024

Tether responsible for 84% of ‘pig butchering’ transaction volume

A new report by John Griffin and graduate student Kevin Mei made waves last week, claiming that pig butchering has...
$11.5B lost to pyramid schemes, hacks and exploits in 2022: report
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6 July, 2023

$11.5B lost to pyramid schemes, hacks and exploits in 2022: report

TRM Labs reports that a further $1.5 billion worth of digital assets was used in darknet markets, as TRON held...
California man charged in landmark CFTC pig-butchering scam enforcement
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28 June, 2023

California man charged in landmark CFTC pig-butchering scam enforcement

The regulator alleges that the man led a California operation that used online romance to swindle over $1.3 million from...
DOJ nets $112M from fraudsters dabbling in pig butchering scam
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10 April, 2023

DOJ nets $112M from fraudsters dabbling in pig butchering scam

Amid turbulence in the digital assets market, fraudulent activities like pig butchering scams continue to proliferate, with the U.S. DOJ...
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