Pig butchering crypto investment fraud campaign
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The pig butchering crypto fraud campaign kept targeting victims through social media, dating sites, and messaging apps, then steering them into fake investment schemes. One identified victim lost $16 million in cryptocurrency, showing the operation's ability to extract large transfers from a trusted online relationship. The scheme also sits inside a broader 2018-2024 wire-fraud pattern tied to more than $125 million in crypto losses.
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DOJ charges and arrests Trung Nguyen Van in pig butchering money laundering case
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First: 29.09.2026 14:41
Last: 29.09.2026 14:41
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A Vietnamese national was charged with money laundering for his role in a massive "pig butchering" scam, which defrauded a victim out of $16 million worth of cryptocurrency.
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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 i...
DOJ charges and arrests Trung Nguyen Van in pig butchering money laundering case
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29.09.2026 14:41 2 articles · 1h ago
Justice Department charges Vietnamese national in $16 million Triangle pig butchering scheme
Legal Policy Action UpdateThe U.S. Department of Justice charged Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van over a pig butchering crypto investment scam that used a fake platform called Triangle and instructed victims to move cryptocurrency to different websites. Prosecutors said one victim transferred about $16 million in cryptocurrency between June and August 2024 in transfers directly traceable to Van's wallet, and that Van's wallets received approximately $53,275,939 in cryptocurrency assets from wire-fraud schemes from Feb. 9, 2018, through Dec. 17, 2024, with more than $125,000,000 in cryptocurrency tied to the broader scheme.
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- Vietnamese man charged in $16 million 'pig butchering' crypto scam — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 29.09.2026 14:41
- Vietnamese man charged in $16 million 'pig butchering' crypto scam — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 29.09.2026 14:41