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New Jersey enforces cease and desist orders against three ‘pig butcher’ scammers
The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has ordered three website operators to stop luring romance-seeking victims into their fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes. The three firms hit with the cea...
Pig Butchering Crypto Scams Exploit UK’s Companies House: Report
According to an investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Observer, more than 168 shell companies in the United Kingdom are suspected of operating fraudulent crypto or foreign ex...
FBI Renews Warning About Pig Butchering Crypto Scam Sweeping the Country – Featured Bitcoin News
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reiterated its warning about a very popular crypto investment scam called “pig butchering” that is sweeping across the U.S. “Be very careful when you go o...
US Seizes Domains Used in ‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Scam – Featured Bitcoin News
U.S. authorities have seized seven domains used in “pig butchering” cryptocurrency schemes. “Once the money is sent to the fake investment app, the scammer vanishes, taking all the money with them, of...
US DOJ Seizes 7 Seven Domain Names Used in “Pig Butchering” Crypto Schemes ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has seized seven domain names used in committing “pig butchering” cryptocurrency crim...
US Justice Department Seizes 7 Pig Butchering Crypto Scam Sites
The U.S. Department of Justice has seized seven websites used by fraudsters to perpetrate a cryptocurrency scam known as “pig butchering.” Pig butchering is an increasingly popular confidence trick sc...
Victim of Pig Butchering Crypto Scam Will See Part of His Funds Returned
A man in California that fell victim to a crypto scam listed in the “pig butchering” category is getting some of his funds back. Pig Butchering Is Getting Bigger and Bigger Pig butchering is something...
Binance to Be ‘Guinea Pig’ for Vitalik Buterin’s Proof-of-Reserves Protocol: CZ
As the FTX collapse highlighted the urgency for more transparency among crypto exchanges, Chanpeng “CZ” Zhao said Binance is working on implementing a new proof-of-reserves protocol develo...
Romance scams and ‘pig butchering’ play key role in growing crypto complaints
The lovelorn among us are prime candidates for crypto scammers, a new bulletin from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shows. CFPB data show that fraud and scams were the focus...
What is a ‘Pig Butchering’ scam?
An old crypto scam has a new moniker, and it’s costing investors millions. ‘Pig butchering’ has plagued the crypto economy. This recent crypto scam has emphasized the necessity of fraud awareness. In ...
US State Delaware freezes compromised crypto accounts to protect victims of Pig Butchering scam
The pig butchering scam is not the usual romance scam. Victims are contacted randomly and lured into high-paying investments. Losses run in billions of USD; crypto one of the conduits of funds transfe...
US State Issues Order Freezing Crypto at Exchanges in Pig Butchering Scam Crackdown – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Delaware Department of Justice’s Investor Protection Unit has issued a cease and desist order against 23 entities and individuals involved in a popular cryptocurrency scam known as “pig butchering...
New “Pig Butchering” Crypto Romance Scam Emerges in Florida
Residents of Florida are being warned about a new crypto romance scam that’s operating under the names “pig butchering” and “pig slaughtering.” The names alone should be enough to make anyone run away...
The new crypto scam known as Pig butchering
Scammers are becoming far more patient and persistent and are spending weeks and months ‘fattening’ their prey as they gain their confidence. Then comes the ‘butchering’ as the unwary victim is finall...
Bitcoin Scam Called ‘Pig Butchering’ Grows Alarmingly Popular
There’s a new type of Bitcoin scam and it sounds so bizarre: it’s called “pig butchering” and you definitely don’t want to be on the chopping board. As the fraud’s name suggests, “pig butchering” refe...
Scientists Partially Revived Pig Organs An Hour After Death In ‘Stunning’ New Research
Topline Scientists at the Yale School of Medicine restored circulation to pigs’ hearts and brains one hour after they died, according to new research published Wednesday in the journal Nature that rai...
Vitalik Buterin’s Japanese Name, “Pig Forest,” Evokes Comic Reactions: TRON Founder
Tomiwabold Olajide This has elicited amusing reactions from market participants, like TRON founder Justin Sun Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has added the Japanese inscription of his name, 豚林 pronou...
‘Pig slaughtering’ crypto scams reap millions on Silicon Valley dating apps
Lonely hearts in Silicon Valley are reportedly falling prey to a wave of “pig slaughtering” crypto scams via dating applications. An investigator for cybersecurity company Sift found that one in 20 pe...
Anti-Fraud Manual: “Pig Butchering” – The Cryptonomist
Third part of our little anti-fraud handbook, featuring a fraud with a curious name: “Pig Butchering”. Fraud in the crypto world: what is “Pig Butchering”? The name is said to derive from the Chinese ...
First Pig-To-Human Heart Transplant May Have Failed Due To Pig Virus, Report Says
Topline A Maryland man who died of no clear cause two months after receiving the first ever transplant of a genetically modified pig heart may have been the victim of a pig virus linked to transplant ...
Legendary Investor Carl Icahn Slams McDonald’s For ‘Glaring Cruelty’ In Pig Supply Chain As Proxy Fight Intensifies
Topline Ahead of McDonald’s annual shareholder meeting this year, billionaire investor Carl Icahn has doubled down on his effort to overhaul the fast-food chain’s animal welfare practices,...
Man Who Received Pig Heart In Medical First Dies 2 Months After Transplant
Topline A man who made medical history in January by receiving a heart from a genetically altered pig has died, according to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, though the cause of death wa...