Things we’re reading today include … HMRC to take money directly from bank accounts of tax dodgers How a Democratic Congress could derail Trump’s bank deregulation agenda Politicians should ‘look at the UK economy as a CEO would’, says Lloyds Bank’s boss Banks lag behind investors on biodiversity Netanyahu rebuked for plan to use crypto……

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…

I found myself wondering the other day why almost everything seems to end in .99. Books cost 9.99. Electrical goods are 99.99. Cars are advertised at 19,999. Even software subscriptions seem incapable of charging a clean 10 or 100. One penny appears to have become one of the most valuable numbers in commerce. Most people……

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…

Pig-butchering crypto scams are a serious and growing problem in St. Louis, Missouri, and across the United States. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency-related fraud in 2024, marking a 66% increase from the prior year. Pig butchering schemes accounted for roughly $5.8 billion of those losses….…