Just saw this case getting wild - Chen Zhi, the guy behind that massive pig butchering scam, is now fighting the U.S. government over Bitcoin seizures in court. They grabbed over 127,000 BTC from him last October, worth around $15 billion at the time. His lawyers are pushing back hard, saying the feds don't have solid proof tying him directly to the scam and questioning how they even seized the crypto. The whole thing is messy - Chen Zhi lost his Cambodian citizenship, got extradited to China, and now faces sanctions from the U.S., UK, and others. Over a billion in assets frozen. What's actually tragic though is the workers who got trafficked into these scam operations in Cambodia. They're the real victims here, and now some are at risk of getting re-trafficked. The Chen Zhi case is getting attention, but honestly the human cost of these operations is what should be making headlines.

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