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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- Chinese national Naperville man Hailong Zhu has been charged in a high-dollar financial scheme. The west suburban man is among four people who allegedly struck up fake ...

US authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from defrauded victims, the Justice Department said Friday. US officials arrested Yicheng ...

(TNS) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning people to be on the lookout for a growing scam with a bloody name. Known as “Sha Zhu Pan,” a Chinese phrase that loosely translates to “pig ...

A dual Chinese and St. Kitts and Nevis national was sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia for his role in an international cryptocurrency investment scheme (also known as pig butchering or ...

At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into travelling to Thailand for an ...

Ever hear of “pig butchering?” Probably not. It has been characterized as an international financial fraud scheme that has drained millions of dollars from people’s hard-earned savings, including some ...

It took two months of near daily conversations, of first cultivating trust and then love, before he walked into her trap. Two months of phone calls, text messages and video chats. Two months of ...

Cryptocurrency is rife with scams—we all know this to be true. Everybody’s heard the horror stories: “rug pulls,” “pump and dumps,” the typical “investment” ploy that leaves your bank account high and ...

Los Angeles federal prosecutors said four indictments and two arrests had been made in an international "pig butchering" scheme. So-called pig butchering is an increasingly prevalent scam that preys ...