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DOJ charges and arrests Trung Nguyen Van in pig butchering money laundering case

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The U.S. Department of Justice charged and arrested Trung Nguyen Van in a money laundering case tied to a pig butchering crypto scam, expanding criminal exposure in a scheme that allegedly drained $16 million from one victim. Prosecutors say Van's wallet was used to receive and move victim crypto, including funds routed to a private wallet off the centralized blockchain network. The case sits inside a broader wire-fraud operation that allegedly moved more than $125,000,000 in cryptocurrency. The action increases pressure on the laundering layer that helps convert scam proceeds into harder-to-trace assets.

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  1. 29.09.2026 14:41 2 articles · 1h ago

    Trung Nguyen Van is arrested before boarding a flight to Taiwan

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    Trung Nguyen Van was arrested before boarding a flight to Taiwan out of Los Angeles International Airport on September 24, 2026.

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  2. 29.09.2026 14:41 1 articles · 1h ago

    U.S. prosecutors charge Trung Nguyen Van over a $16 million pig butchering scam

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    The U.S. Department of Justice charged Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van over a $16 million pig butchering scam tied to a fake investment platform called Triangle, and court documents say one victim transferred about $16 million in cryptocurrency between June and August 2024 while Van's wallets received approximately $53,275,939 in cryptocurrency assets from wire-fraud schemes between Feb. 9, 2018, and Dec. 17, 2024.

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