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Global Crackdown Busts 9 Pig-Butchering Crypto Scam Centers, 276 Arrested

A coordinated international crackdown has taken a hammer to one of crypto’s nastiest fraud factories: pig-butchering scam centers that lured victims with fake romance, fake trust, and fake investment gains before emptying their wallets. 9 scam centers shut down 276 arrests across the UAE and Thailand DOJ indictments filed in California $11.4 billion in US […]

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DOJ Says Bitcoin Developers Won’t Be Targeted for Neutral Code, Patel Shifts FBI to Crypto Scams

Bitcoin Developers Are Not Federal Targets, Blanche and Patel Say at Las Vegas Conference U.S. officials gave open-source Bitcoin and crypto developers a rare bit of clarity in Las Vegas: writing code is not the crime, unless you knowingly help criminals use it that way. DOJ softens stance: no more “regulation by prosecution” for neutral […]

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