A scam called “pig butchering” gaining steam as a potent threat to Canadians almost lured this reporter — and it all started on Insight Timer, the meditation app.

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Ever hear of “pig butchering?” Probably not. It has been characterized as an international financial fraud scheme that has drained millions of dollars from people’s hard-earned savings, including some ...

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A report by Chainalysis released Thursday estimated that cryptocurrency scams amounted to $9.9 billion in 2024, with that figure likely to be revised higher. Revenue from "pig butchering," a type of ...

“I lost everything. I lost my kids’s future. I lost my future." ...

Jeff Bauman and his brother, Marc, have closed Pig & Block Charcuterie, their small but mighty cured meat and butcher shop, directly next door to Old Major, that opened in October of 2011 in Highland.