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‘Pig-Butchering’ Scams Cost Americans Billions. This Lawyer Is Taking Them On.

Santa Clara County deputy district attorney, Erin West , photographed while working in her office at the Santa Clara County Building on August 13, 2024. San Jose, California. (Credit: Geloy Concepcion for WSJ)

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West and her investigative task force pulled off something of a miracle: They recovered about 70% of the man’s money by tracing the funds to a wallet on a cryptocurrency exchange and then obtaining a warrant to freeze and seize it. It was the first time anyone was known to successfully claw back money stolen through a new type of fraud called “pig butchering,” in which scammers build victims’ trust and convince them to invest in bogus schemes.

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