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1,200 slaves freed from Myanmar pig-butchering compound

Pig-butchering scams based at the Myanmar compound have reportedly raked in around $100 million in USDT over the past two years.

Single Chinese ‘pig-butchering’ operation made $100M in USDT, report

The Myanmar-based compound that houses the USDT-powered pig-butchering scam is “likely home to thousands of trafficked workers.”

The exiled government of Myanmar has asked the US Federal Reserve to release $1 billion in frozen funds to issue its own crypto.

Myanmar’s military council is pushing to ban crypto one month after the country’s exiled government floated Tether as official tender.

Myanmar’s parallel government has deemed stablecoin Tether official currency amid violent clashes between citizens and military rulers.