By Anthony • October 14, 2025 6:45 pm •
Maybe some of this seizure could be used to pay the national debt!
The Department of Justice has just announced it has seized $15 billion worth of Bitcoin connected to a pig butchering scam.
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So you may be wondering, “what is a pig butchering scam?”
Well despite its name it doesn’t involve any pigs!
But rather by definition it’s “a crypto scam is a long-term, sophisticated fraud where criminals build trust with a victim, often romantically, before manipulating them or physically assaulting them into a fake cryptocurrency investment.”
DOJ seizes $15B in bitcoin from massive ‘pig butchering’ scam who ‘forced labor’ as bosses bought lux watches, real estate https://t.co/K18KbHiVtB pic.twitter.com/O7o2WoyBl6
— New York Post (@nypost)
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