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The Justice Department said Monday that it seized nearly $112 million worth of cryptocurrency connected to investment scams after warrants were obtained in Arizona, California and Idaho. The seizures are part of a larger effort to address confidence schemes known colloquially as “pig butchering,” in which scammers develop long-term relationships with victims online before convincing

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