Pig butchering scams: how strangers online steal life savings
Stolen crypto: how investigators follow it, and why so little comes back
Every payment on a blockchain like Bitcoin's is written on a public list that anyone can read. Investigators can follow stolen crypto from wallet to wallet. Getting it back to its owner is much harder, and the reason is who holds the coins at the end.
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Rono's report reaches investigators. They start with one thing the scammers cannot hide: every payment on a blockchain like Bitcoin's is written on a public list that anyone can read.
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They follow Rono's crypto from wallet to wallet. The scammers move it fast and split it into many small payments, to make the trail long and confusing.
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