Crypto Scam Hits Alabama Hard: Victims Lose Over $1 Million in Weeks to ‘Pig Butchering’ Scheme
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A wave of cryptocurrency investment scams is sweeping across Alabama, with more than a million dollars lost in just the past three weeks, according to the Alabama Securities Commission. Officials are raising alarms over a sophisticated scheme known as “pig butchering,” in which victims are manipulated into trusting fraudsters who ultimately direct…