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US Seizes $8.2m from Romance Baiting Scammers

ID: 87b2e448-a207-5e7c-baca-bdebdee8ec05

STIX ID: report--87b2e448-a207-5e7c-baca-bdebdee8ec05

Feed Name: Infosecurity Magazine (News)

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2025-03-31

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

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TRM Labs supported DOJ/FBI efforts to trace and recover $8.2M stolen in a romance-baiting (pig butchering) cryptocurrency fraud campaign; funds were laundered through DeFi protocols, cross-chain swaps, and unhosted wallets before consolidating in TRON addresses, and common routing patterns and wallet reuse helped investigators seize assets and preserve restitution for victims.

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