Through overseas currency exchanges, California deputy DA helps online romance scam victims get their money back


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Apr 24 2023 36 mins  

In the criminal justice world, pig butchering refers to bacon—but not literally. Instead, it’s a term used to describe scamming someone online out of all their money through promises of romance and cryptocurrency windfalls, says Erin West, a prosecutor in the Santa Clara County, California, district attorney’s office.

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