‘Everything is fake’: how global crime gangs are using UK shell companies in multi-million pound crypto scams
by Shanti Das and Niamh McIntyre from Technology | The Guardian on (#68A65)
Investigation reveals more than 150 fake firms, many with ties to China, are targeting people online, breaking their hearts - and emptying their bank accounts
A woman meets a man online. They flirt. Then, after a few weeks, they begin imagining a future together. Fast forward a few months and one of them has had their heart broken and been defrauded of their life savings.
It sounds like a classic romance scam, but it isn't. This is pig butchering": a brutal, elaborate and rapidly expanding form of organised crime, often involving criminal syndicates, modern-day slaves and victims around the world.
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