Erika DeMask thought she’d finally found love again — but instead she lost her entire life savings over a period of several ...

Two members of a major ­Chinese criminal gang remain in garda custody where they are being questioned under organised crime ...

Closer to home, a "seaside hotel and former bank offices ... As criminals "learn that they can make serious money" pig butchering, they’re going to make those pivots", Ronnie Tokazowski, a ...

Some unfortunate individuals have lost millions of dollars. There is even a name for it. Pig butchering. Victims are fattened ...

Pig butchering scams start with a promise of quick riches. Once you've fallen for the 'fattening up' scheme, crooks send you to the 'slaughter.' ...

Pig-butchering scams rely on a formula ... he’d invested his retirement money and taken out a second mortgage on his home. The website showed he’d more than doubled his money, but he couldn ...

“Pig butchering” is an unsavory term for a very specific kind of phishing attack, wherein the scammer targets a wealthy individual with the lure of romance and then takes them for all they ...

A Pig in a butcher's outfit, intensely typing on a computer. Today is Halloween, a time for ghouls, goblins and harmless pranks. But in the digital landscape, there’s a new trick with ...

Pig butchering scams are becoming more prevalent worldwide. Despite the name, these schemes do not relate to pork but to your finances. The US National Cybersecurity Alliance says they involve ...

In California, early pig butchering scammers ... He began looking at bridge loans that leveraged his home as collateral, expecting he would pay it back instantly once the funds were released.

Daren Li oversaw the transfer of more than $73 million away from crypto scam victims to wallets he and his co-conspirators ...