DoJ Seizes Over $8M From Sprawling Pig Butchering Scheme

The U.S. government seized $8.2 million in cryptocurrency linked to a widespread "pig butchering" romance-fraud campaign that manipulated victims into liquidating funds and routing them through DeFi platforms, cross-chain swaps, and unhosted wallets; blockchain analytics and law enforcement traced common routing patterns and wallet reuse to enable the seizure and restitution to victims while investigations continue to identify more targets.