Collaborate Disseminate
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Erin West’s “Operation Shamrock” isn’t relying on luck to take down the worst criminals.
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These types of scams that seek to dupe unsuspecting targets can leave victims financially and emotionally devastated.
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U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out. Continue reading Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’