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US charges man in $16M crypto romance scam money laundering case

  • —A single US victim lost $16 million in crypto between June and August 2024
  • —The defendant is 37-year-old Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van; he is presumed innocent
  • —Crypto investment fraud losses in the US reached $7.2 billion in 2025
  • —Total reported crypto fraud losses hit $11.4 billion, with an average loss of $62,604
Why it matters: The case highlights the scale of pig butchering schemes and growing US legal pressure on networks laundering stolen crypto.
Source: Journal du Coin
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