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Feds Charge Vietnamese National in $16M Pig Butchering Crypto Scheme

Bitcoin.com News·September 26, 2026·1 min read
Feds Charge Vietnamese National in $16M Pig Butchering Crypto Scheme

U.S. federal prosecutors charged Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van, 37, with two counts of money laundering in a pig butchering crypto scam that defrauded one victim of about $16 million. His wallets allegedly moved tens of millions more over several years.

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