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IN PURSUITCASE TH-0058Pig Butchering
The Whisper
Real identityREDACTEDSEALED · JANE DOE #0058
Months of trust, then a fake app eats it all.
Last seen
Compound near Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Active since
2021
Victims
6.9K
Hunters on case
198
THREAT 4/5
Modus operandi
Runs an industrial romance/"pig butchering" operation. Builds emotional rapport over months, then steers victims into a counterfeit trading app showing fake gains. Lets small withdrawals through to build confidence before the final, total drain.
Scheme
"CoinBridge Pro" fake trading app
Evidence collected
- 1Counterfeit app pulls live prices but balances are server-faked.
- 2Scripts and persona playbooks recovered from a seized device.
- 3Funds funnel through USDT-Tron to a single consolidation wallet.
- 4$4.4M recovered via a cooperating stablecoin issuer freeze.
Crime timeline
- 2022Persona network
Hundreds of fake profiles across dating apps.
- 2023Fake app rollout−$58,000,000
Victims "invest" via CoinBridge Pro.
- 2024-02Stablecoin freeze+$4,400,000 recovered
Issuer freezes a consolidation wallet; $4.4M held.
- 2024-05Compound located
Operation traced to a single facility.
Tracked wallets
TWh1sp3…dF6gJ
USDTTron
Known aliases
- @_emma_invests
- + 200 rotating personas
#social engineering#fake app#human cost#partial recovery