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A Chisago County business owner was the target of a “pig butchering” cryptocurrency investment scheme that cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a law enforcement investigation. The ...

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Pig butchering is a repulsively named, rising investment scam that uses a potent mix of the promise of romance and the lure of making easy cryptocurrency millions against its unsuspecting targets.

Tricking people out of their money by maintaining a dialog with them over time to establish a friendship or flirtation. The pig butchering term comes from fattening pigs before slaughtering, which ...

POCAHONTAS, Ark. (KAIT) - A tradition that goes back decades. The Annual Old Fashioned Hog Butchering, hosted by the Eddie Mae Herron Museum in Pocahontas on Saturday, Feb 15. The event is chance for ...

Online criminals responsible for “pig butchering” scams are increasingly using fraudulent decentralized finance (DeFi) applications to steal from victims, a report from antivirus firm Sophos suggests.