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Federal prosecutors seized $15 billion in cryptocurrency from an investment scheme known as “pig butchering” that they allege emanated from forced labor camps in Cambodia. The Justice Department said it’s the largest forfeiture action in its history. Prosecutors unsealed an indictment Tuesday charging Chen Zhi, a Chinese émigré who holds several passports and built the Cambodia-based Prince Group, one of …

Federal prosecutors have seized $15 billion from the alleged kingpin of an operation that used imprisoned laborers to trick unsuspecting people into making investments in phony funds, often after spending months faking romantic relationships with the victims. Such “pig butchering” scams have operated for years. They typically work when members of the operation initiate conversations with people on social media …

Over the past five years, criminals behind widespread romance and investment scams—often inelegantly referred to as “pig butchering”—have stolen tens of billions from people around the world. Now law enforcement has carried out one of its biggest operations yet against that sprawling scam industry, targeting the operators of several modern slavery scam compounds in Southeast Asia—where, as a whole, hundreds …

ROME (AP) — Italy’s art police on Wednesday seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were forgeries, after being tipped off by the Surrealist’s foundation in Spain about suspected anomalies in the works. The works were part of an exhibition, “Salvador Dalí, tra arte e mito” (Salvador Dalí, between art and myth”) that had been on show …

Earlier today, the Trump administration announced it was freezing billions of dollars in already approved federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel project and the Second Ave. subway to punish New Jersey and New York. The Gateway project would build a new two-track rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and Manhattan so the existing tunnel, severely damaged by …

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Quite incredibly, this managed to be an even uglier day for the United States of America off the golf course than it was on it. Never in his wildest of dreams could Luke Donald have imagined this scenario for his imperious European team. They will head into the final day of the Ryder Cup leading 11½–4½ and requiring a mere …

As President Donald Trump hikes the fee for a popular skilled worker visa programme in the US, lawyers and business experts are urging Canada to seize the moment and open its doors. But some caution that those looking north as an alternative may find that Canada’s immigration system has its own challenges. The call to attract and retain talented workers …

If Alphabet pushed the rollout of its self-driving tech company even harder, Waymo could dominate a new market with the potential to generate more revenue than its ad business. Inthe summer of 2015, when veteran auto executive John Krafcik was recruited to turn Google’s Self-Driving Car Project into a new business unit for Alphabet, cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page …

RIP, Streameast: The “notorious piracy network” that carried illegal streams of live games from the NFL, NBA, MLB and more, has been shut down, according to a U.S. antipiracy organization. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), an antipiracy coalition led by the Motion Picture Association, announced the shutdown of Streameast and its 80 associated internet domain names in collaboration …