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BIZARRE: Crypto scam crackdown doj seizes 225m in largest ever pig butchering sting | Mind Blowing Facts

A view of the lecture before US Attorney General William Barr holds a press conference about the release of the Mueller Report at the Department of Justice April 18, 2019, in Washington, DC.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has made its biggest crypto-related seizure to date, taking control of $225 million in digital currency linked to a large-scale scam operation known as "pig butchering."

Announced Wednesday, the DOJ said the money came from hundreds of victims tricked into believing they were investing in real cryptocurrency projects.

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