We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the uninitiated, cracklings (or "cracklins'") are essentially the same as pork rinds and chicharrones — fried pork skin. But cracklings ...

This type of scam began attracting attention in China around 2019 and is typically carried out by Chinese organized crime groups. At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking ...

Pig butchering, a form of romance fraud in which victims are groomed into sending money to fake crypto investment schemes, has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, according to blockchain ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A cruel scam known as pig butchering has struck yet another Bay Area resident. This time, an elderly widow in San Jose thought she found new love online. Instead, she was ...

On Wednesday, June 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced it had seized $225 million in cryptocurrency connected to pig butchering scams. The seizure involves funds stolen from 400 victims worldwide ...

There was the realtor whose wife liquidated her 401(k). The church secretary who invested her life’s savings. The husband who went into credit card debt, all to feed the beast. The cases that Steve ...