The multibillion-dollar scam known as “pig-butchering,” once treated as a consumer-fraud issue, has crossed a new threshold, ...

Chainalysis warns pig-butchering crypto scams are escalating, posing national security risks and prompting global law ...

“Pig butchering” is every bit as brutal as it sounds. In the world of cryptocurrency investment fraud, the term refers to a slow, methodical scheme built on deception. Scammers carefully cultivate ...

Pig-butchering scams have evolved from consumer fraud into a national security concern, with crime rings targeting victims globally.

How human trafficking victims are forced to run ‘pig butchering’ investment scams An investment scam called “pig butchering” has cost victims around the world an estimated $75 billion in just the last ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

I just finished speaking to a room of 550 seniors. Two of them had already lost a staggering $600,000 to this scam. It’s heartbreaking. And it’s happening right now. If we don’t act, this could become ...

If you are active on social media, you probably receive message requests every day from good looking-men or women asking ...

Threat actors are starting to prey on your trusted business relationships—sending invoices from vendors that appear legitimate, for instance. Email and social media scams, also known as pig butchering ...

One of the largest concentrations of human trafficking in the world is occurring in cities and special economic zones of Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos. Tens of thousands of people are being held against ...

A new movie and book are raising public awareness about how international crypto scammers are also sometimes victims of human trafficking. This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology ...