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flag U.S. authorities shut down tickmilleas.com, a Myanmar-based crypto scam site, disrupting a "pig butchering" scheme that stole $90M from over 400 San Diegans in 2024.

flag U.S. authorities have seized the domain tickmilleas.com, part of a large-scale cryptocurrency fraud scheme based in Myanmar’s Tai Chang compound, linked to sanctioned groups tied to Chinese organized crime. flag The site, posing as a legitimate investment platform, targeted Americans through fake relationships on social media, promising high returns and using falsified account activity to lure victims into depositing money via malicious apps. flag The FBI, working with Google, Apple, and Meta, removed related apps and over 2,000 social media accounts. flag The operation, part of the Scam Center Strike Force, disrupted a “pig butchering” scam network that caused an estimated $90 million in losses to more than 400 San Diegans in 2024, with total U.S. losses from such scams nearing $6 billion in 2024.

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