{"id":52673,"date":"2023-04-03T20:55:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T03:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52673"},"modified":"2023-04-03T20:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T03:55:24","slug":"feds-seize-more-than-112-million-linked-to-cryptocurrency-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52673","title":{"rendered":"Feds Seize More Than $112 Million Linked to Cryptocurrency Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52675 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077534-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"currency, finance, business\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077534-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077534-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077534-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077534.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Department of Justice announced Monday that it has seized virtual currency worth an estimated $112 million linked to cryptocurrency investment scams commonly called \u201cpig butchering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Judges in Los Angeles, Arizona, and Idaho authorized seizure warrants for six virtual currency accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In Los Angeles, a judge authorized the seizure of an account containing about $66.4 million in various cryptocurrencies after finding probable cause that the funds were derived from wire fraud schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to court documents, the six virtual currency accounts were used to launder the proceeds of various cryptocurrency confidence scams. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In these schemes, fraudsters cultivated long-term, online relationships with victims, eventually enticing them to invest in fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platforms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In reality, the funds sent by victims for these purported investments were funneled to cryptocurrency addresses and accounts controlled by scammers and their co-conspirators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6054330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52676 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6054330-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"bitcoin, coin, hoodie\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6054330-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6054330-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6054330-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6054330.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe victims in Pig Butchering schemes are referred to as \u2018pigs\u2019 by the scammers because the scammers will use elaborate storylines to \u2018fatten up\u2019 victims into believing they are in a romantic or otherwise close personal relationship,\u201d according to the affidavit in support of the Los Angeles seizure warrant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Adding,\u201conce the victim places enough trust in the scammer, the scammer brings the victim into a cryptocurrency investment scheme.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52677 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077533-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"hand, adult, people\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077533-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077533-951x1024.jpg 951w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077533-768x827.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3077533.jpg 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a>The scammer attempts to create the appearance of legitimacy by fabricating websites or mobile apps to display a bogus investment portfolio with large returns, the affidavit states. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Authorities executed the Los Angeles seizure warrant in December and received the last cryptocurrency transfer on March 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cUsing the methods of traditional con artists, high-tech fraudsters have taken advantage of the publicity and hype surrounding cryptocurrency to encourage an untold number of Americans to invest in get-rich-quick schemes,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The affidavit in the Los Angeles seizure warrant discussed a series of cryptocurrency investment scams, one of which targeted a professional woman who was contacted on LinkedIn by a man who used the name \u201cFei Kuang.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14844 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After learning that the victim already had a small cryptocurrency account, \u201cFei Kuang\u201d offered to help the victim, eventually convincing her to invest more money and to move her funds to another presumably fraudulent, trading exchange. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">When she tried to withdraw her funds, she was told she had to pay a 20% in \u201ctaxes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> When the trading platform continued to demand more money, the woman realized she was the victim of a scam that cost her about $2.5 million, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6476 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Cyber-Crime-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Cyber-Crime-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Cyber-Crime.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cTransnational criminal organizations are combining confidence scams with technological savvy to swindle Americans out of their hard-earned funds,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In 2022, investment fraud caused the highest losses of any scam reported by the public to the FBI\u2019s Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3), totaling $3.31 billion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52678 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3019120-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3019120-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3019120-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3019120-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3019120.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Frauds involving cryptocurrency, including pig butchering, represented most of these scams, increasing 183% from 2021 to $2.57 billion in reported losses last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the FBI, the highest number of reports came from victims between the ages of 30 and 49. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In these schemes, often called \u201cSha Zhu Pan,\u201d a Chinese phrase that loosely translates to \u201cpig butchering,\u201d scammers often target their victims through social networking and online communications platforms, dating websites, and phone calls and text messages that are meant to appear to have been misdialed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?attachment_id=52679\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52679\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52679 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2902690-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"bitcoin, cryptocurrency, money\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2902690-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2902690-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2902690-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2902690.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After gaining the trust of their victims \u2013 sometimes over months \u2013 scammers eventually introduce the idea of trading in cryptocurrency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">They then direct victims to cryptocurrency investment platforms or to co-conspirators posing as investment advisors or customer service representatives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Scammers control websites built to look like legitimate trading platforms, applications that victims download onto their phones, or malicious smart contracts accessed through cryptocurrency wallet software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38520 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Telemarketing_Fraud_and_Lawsuits_medium-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Telemarketing_Fraud_and_Lawsuits_medium-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Telemarketing_Fraud_and_Lawsuits_medium-95x65.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Telemarketing_Fraud_and_Lawsuits_medium.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Once victims make an initial \u201cinvestment,\u201d the platforms purport to show substantial gains. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Sometimes, victims can withdraw some of these initial gains to engender trust in the scheme further. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">It is not until a large investment is made that victims find that they cannot withdraw their funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Even when a victim is denied access to their funds, the fraud is often not over. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52680 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3126802-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3126802-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3126802-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3126802-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3126802.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Scammers request additional investments, taxes, or fees, promising these payments will allow victims access to their accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">These scam operations often continue to steal from their victims and do not stop until they have deprived victims of any remaining savings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Phoenix Division is investigating the matter that resulted in seizures announced Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50804 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/andrc3a9-franc3a7ois-mckenzie-igyibhdntpe-unsplash-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If you or someone you know is a victim, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/cryptoguard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.fbi.gov\/cryptoguard<\/a>, contact your local FBI field office (the Los Angeles Field Office can be reached at 310-477-6565), call 1-800-CALL-FBI, or report it to\u00a0 IC3.gov. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In your complaint, please reference \u201cPig Butchering PSA.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Include as much information as possible in your complaint, including names of investment platforms, cryptocurrency addresses and transaction hashes, bank account information, and names and contact information of suspected scammers. Maintained copies of all communications with scammers and records of financial transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9111506673MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES The Department of Justice announced Monday that it has seized virtual currency worth an estimated $112 million linked to cryptocurrency investment scams commonly called \u201cpig butchering.\u201d Judges in Los Angeles,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3647,1722],"class_list":["post-52673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-fbi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feds 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