TL;DR
- U.S. prosecutors have charged a Vietnamese national with money laundering tied to alleged cryptocurrency “pig butchering” schemes.
- Prosecutors say wallets controlled by the defendant received roughly $53.3 million linked to fraud schemes targeting U.S. victims.
- One victim allegedly transferred about $16 million after being directed to a fake crypto investment platform.
U.S. prosecutors have charged a Vietnamese national over an alleged cryptocurrency fraud network that moved more than $53 million through wallets connected to “pig butchering” scams.
Trung Nguyen Van, 37, faces two money-laundering counts in the Western District of Missouri following an appearance in federal court in Los Angeles.
The charges are allegations and…
