| Vives, Ruben. LA Times – NewsBreak |
Pig butchering crypto scheme costs San Jose man $170,000. Scammers wanted even more, prosecutors say |
12/12/2024 |
| San Jose Inside |
High-tech Investigators for Santa Clara DA Nab Pair in $500K Online Scam |
12/11/2024 |
| County of Santa Clara, Office of the District Attorney (News Release) |
DA high-tech investigators make rare arrest for “Pig Butchering,” release video PSA | Office of the District Attorney | County of Santa Clara |
12/11/2024 |
| GOP Financial Services (Video) – YouTube |
Hearing Entitled: Protecting Americans’ Savings: Examining the Economics of Multi-Billion… |
9/18/2024 |
| Solomon, Feliz. WSJ |
‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Cost Americans Billions. This Lawyer is Taking Them On. |
9/17/2024 |
| Katersky, Aaron; Romero, Laura; Wagnon Courts, Jenny; Prince, Hannah. ABC News Investigative Report |
Inside the ‘crypto con’ costing victims billions in losses as scam compounds spread globally: ABC News Investigates – ABC News (go.com) |
9/5/2024 |
| Rebane, Teele and Watson, Ivan. CNN |
Killed by a scam: A father took his life after losing his savings to international criminal gangs. He’s not the only one. |
6/20/2024 |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Video) – YouTube |
Contributor to Pig Butchering piecePig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – YouTube |
2/29/2024 |
| The Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and ScamAdviser |
Scam Fighter of the Year |
1/31/2024 |
| Tennessee Bureau of Investigation |
Oregon Man Charged with Cryptocurrency Theft Following Multi-Agency Investigation – TBINewsroom.com |
1/31/2024 |
| McPherson, Poppy and Wilson, Tom. REUTERS Special Report |
Crypto scam: Inside the billion-dollar ‘pig-butchering’ industry |
11/23/2023 |
| Wong, Queenie. Los Angeles Times |
Scammers exploit bitcoin ATMs. Will new California laws help crack down? |
10/22/2023 |
| Justice.gov (Press Release) US Department of Justice |
Eastern District of Oklahoma – Muskogee Resident Sentenced For Threatening Communications and Cyberstalking Charges |
10/2/2023 |
| AARP (Audio Podcast, The Perfect Scam) |
5 Things You Should Know About Crypto Scams |
9/15/2023 |
| Choi, Kenny. CBS San Francisco |
High-tech ‘pig butchering’ cryptocurrency scam duping victims out of billions |
9/9/2023 |
| Sun, Menqi. Wall Street Journal |
Q&A With Silicon Valley Prosecutor Taking Aim at Crypto ‘Pig-Butchering’ Scams |
9/1/2023 |
| Binance Blog. Binance (Audio Podcast) |
The Collective Fight Against Crypto Crime – on Binance’s Policy Podcast |
8/24/2023 |
| Skiba, Katherine. AARP |
Romance Scammers Lure Victims Into Crypto Schemes |
8/16/2023 |
| Cyberscoop Staff. CyberScoop (Audio Podcast & Article) |
California Prosecutor Erin West on the massive wealth transfer to Southeast Asia from a crypto scam called ‘pig butchering’ |
7/12/2023 |
| Collier, Kevin. NBC News |
How online romance scams are netting millions of dollars and pushing victims to self-harm |
7/2/2023 |
| Krebs, Brian. Krebs onSecurity.com |
U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison |
6/27/2023 |
| Johansson, Eric. DL News |
Meet the prosecutor who claws back millions from crypto scams: ‘I’ve had grown men crying on the phone to me’ |
6/3/2023 |
| Tarbell, Chris and Monsegur, Hector. Apple Podcasts (Hacker And The Fed S1, E33) |
Pig Butchering And Crypto Crime – Fighting with Erin West |
5/25/2023 |
| Justice.gov (Notification) United States Attorney’s Office – Northern District of California |
Northern District of California – US v. Jagmeet Singh Virk |
5/25/2023 |
| Atkins, Jordan. CoinGeek |
Secret Service hosts Reddit AMA with ‘crypto’ task force |
5/19/2023 |
| Mitchelhill, Tom. CoinTelegraph |
Secret Service owns crypto, loves blockchain and has an NFT collection: Reddit AMA |
5/16/2023 |
| Justice.gov (Press Release)United States Attorney’s Office – Southern District of New York |
U.K Citizen Extradited And Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime Offenses |
5/9/2023 |
| Ward, Stephanie Francis. ABA Journal |
Through overseas currency exchanges, California deputy DA helps online romance scam victims get their money back |
4/24/23 |
| Riley, Tonya. CyberScoop |
This Bay Area prosecutor wants to help police nationwide take on ‘pig butchering’ scams |
4/17/23 |
| Ianzito, Christina; Skiba, Katherine; and Morris, Chirs. AARP |
Fraud Fighters Are Working To Keep Scam ‘Epidemic’ at Bay |
4/3/2023 |
| Justice.gov (Press Release) United States Attorney’s Office – Northern District of California |
Pennsylvania Resident Convicted Of Conspiracy In Scheme To Defraud And Extort Cryptocurrency Executives |
3/2/2023 |
| Podkul, Cezary. ProPublica |
How Pig Butchering Scams Work |
9/19/2022 |
| Podkul, Cezary with Liu, Cindy. ProPublica |
How Human Traffickers Force Victims Into Cyberscamming |
9/13/2022 |
| Morris, Alex and Freja, Evelyn. RollingStone.com |
How a Teenaged Hacker Pulled Off a $24 Million Crypto Heist |
7/8/2022 |
| Farivar, Cyrus. Forbes.com |
“Pig Butchering” Crypto Scam Victim to Get Mondy Back From Binance, Law Enforcement Says |
7/1/2022 |
| Justice.gov (Press Release) United States Attorney’s Office – Northern District of California |
Three Individuals Charged For Alleged Roles in Twitter Hack |
7/31/2020 |
| Justice.gov (Press Release) United States Attorney’s Office – Eastern District of California |
Tehama County Woman Arrested in Bay Area for Indictment in Refund Fraud Scheme |
7/30/2020 |
| Justice.gov (Press Release) United States Attorney’s Office – Eastern District of California |
Guilty Plea in a Refund Fraud Scheme Conducted from Hotels and Motels Throughout Northern California |
6/25/2020 |
| Justice.gov (Press Release) United States Attorney’s Office – Northern District of California |
Multiple Bay Area Residents Convicted and Sentenced For Forced Refund Fraud Scheme |
01/23/2020 |
