New Hampshire Banking Department · NH
FinCEN identifies nearly $13 billion linked to suspected digital asset scams operated by overseas scam centers
September 4, 2026
Summary
FinCEN issued an alert and analysis to financial institutions about digital asset investment scams (“pig butchering”) perpetrated by overseas scam centers. Mortgage lenders, brokers, and servicers should update AML/BSA programs to detect and report suspicious digital asset transactions tied to these schemes. The alert stresses vigilance in customer due diligence and transaction monitoring.
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published an analysis and an alert to financial institutions to be vigilant to digital asset investment scams perpetrated by overseas scam centers. This action is the latest in Treasury’s efforts to protect Americans from fraud.
Digital asset investment scams—also known as “pig butchering,” “romance baiting,” or “cryptocurrency confidence schemes”—are sophisticated fraud operations. Criminals use fake personas and social engineering tactics to manipulate victims, who are often American, into transferring funds to fraudulent digital asset investments. These scams are largely perpetrated by transnational criminal organizations based in Southeast Asia, which operate industrial-scale scam compounds and leverage vast networks of criminal actors to facilitate and profit from scams.
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- What does "FinCEN identifies nearly $13 billion linked to suspected digital asset scams operated by overseas scam centers" cover?
- FinCEN issued an alert and analysis to financial institutions about digital asset investment scams (“pig butchering”) perpetrated by overseas scam…
- Which agency issued this update?
- This update was issued by New Hampshire Banking Department.
- When was it published?
- It was published on September 4, 2026.
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