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Massachusetts resident victim of multi-million cryptocurrency pig butchering romance scam

“BOSTON – The United States Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture action to recover cryptocurrency alleged to include proceeds of a “pig butchering” fraud scheme targeting a Massachusetts resident as part of a romance scam. Specifically, the government seeks to forfeit 299,457.4 USD Coin (USDC), 1,455,305.997648 Tether (USDT), 102,278.515015 Tron …

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Californians sentenced in Boston for arranging 600 sham marriages to obtain green cards

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Defendants arranged sham marriages and submitted fraudulent “green card” applications for over 600 non-citizens “BOSTON – Four California-based individuals have been sentenced in federal court in Boston for their roles in running a large-scale marriage fraud “agency” that arranged hundreds of sham marriages for the primary purpose of circumventing immigration …

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