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US Pig Butchering Victims ‘Will’ Get Refunds — Feds Seize $225M Cryptocurrency

DoJ, FBI, USSS yoinked USDT: Pretty girls plus investment fraud equals forfeiture recovery (eventually) ...

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Hackers Use Trump’s Coin, Binance’s Name in Crypto Phishing Scam

Jeffrey Burt | March 13, 2025 | Binance, crypto cons, Donald Trump, Remote Access Trojan (RAT)

Threat actors are running an email phishing scam to entice victims to install Binance software in hopes of collecting TRUMP coins. However, if they try, they instead get the ConnectWise RAT installed ...

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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail

Richi Jennings | August 23, 2024 | #PigButchering, Crypto, crypto cons, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Heartland Tri-State Bank, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, Shan Hanes

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...

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Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, and crypto cons

Sift Trust and Safety Team | August 31, 2022 | crypto cons, Data & Insights, Digital Trust and Safety, economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, Fraud, fraud prevention, romance scams

Discover why fintech and crypto fraud is increasing and how to prepare your fraud prevention strategy for economic uncertainty. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, and crypto ...

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