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息宣傳活動，提醒公眾對不斷演變的詐騙手段保持高度警覺。
在此次會議上，除了執(zhí)法和監(jiān)管機構的代表發(fā)表演講外，CFTC 主席 Rostin
Behnam 和 NCET 主任 Claudia Quiroz 也分別發(fā)表了講話。
First Interagency Fraud Disruption Conference Focuses on Combatting Crypto
Schemes Commonly Known as “Pig Butchering” (2024/7/11)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Justice’s
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section’s National Cryptocurrency
Enforcement Team (NCET) announced today they convened the first Fraud
Disruption Conference to work on efforts to combat a type of fraud commonly known
as “pig butchering.” It is estimated that Americans are scammed out of billions per
year, making this a top law enforcement priority.
This is the first of a series of Fraud Disruption conferences the CFTC will host
with these and other partners to discuss various financial frauds to explore new
avenues to combat or disrupt the scams.
“It is devastating to hear countless stories of everyday Americans being targeted
and defrauded by global criminal organizations,” said Chairman Behnam. “It has been
a longstanding priority of mine to reenergize and grow our customer protection
initiatives to combat retail fraud and protect the most vulnerable among us. I thank
our CFTC staff for their dedication, and our longstanding partners at the Department
of Justice and all others involved. By working together, we can tackle this problem.”
“More than 300 federal regulators and law enforcement officials from more than
15 federal agencies (listed below) joined the CFTC today to develop measurable
strategies to fight this scam that has defrauded Americans of their entire life savings,”
said Office of Customer Education and Outreach (OCEO) Director Melanie Devoe.
“This is one of many scams working groups will discuss at future gatherings with the
ultimate goal of working collaboratively to help Americans protect themselves from
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