DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia

Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by ur-whale on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @06:28AM (#45590350)

Which just goes to show that custody is a hard and almost always under-estimated problem.

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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by kevinak on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @07:08AM (#45590662)

It is, but it's not so hard that you can't figure it out to keep your 15 billion safe.

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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by lmm on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @07:43AM (#45590923)

Well these guys apparently didn't manage that.

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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by gosub100 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @07:52AM (#45591001)

There is no honor among pig butchers.

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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by codedokode on Thursday October 16, 2025 @09:58AM (#45605417)

There is no honor among people in general.

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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by fragmede on Saturday October 18, 2025 @06:42AM (#45626322)

Sorry you've not met enough honorable people to have that level of cynicism.

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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by pixl97 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:44PM (#45595240)

It's much harder to keep things safe under rule of villains than rule of law.

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