Crypto? Huh. Good gawd y'all, what is it good for? $45M in this case

Operation Atlantic: US, UK, and Canadian law enforcement, working with private partners, disrupted a global cryptocurrency "pig butchering" investment scam that stole an estimated $45 million, froze and returned $12 million to victims, and identified over 20,000 victim-linked wallet addresses across 30 countries; investigators directly contacted 3,000 victims and flagged an additional $33 million for further inquiry, while noting rising crypto fraud complaints and losses in recent reports.