{"id":136035,"date":"2025-10-29T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/29\/georgia-investor-alleges-3-7m-crypto-lsquopig-butchering-scam-in-rico-suit\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:30:45","slug":"georgia-investor-alleges-3-7m-crypto-lsquopig-butchering-scam-in-rico-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/29\/georgia-investor-alleges-3-7m-crypto-lsquopig-butchering-scam-in-rico-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Investor Alleges $3.7M Crypto &amp;lsquo;Pig-Butchering&#8217; Scam in RICO Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOften what you hear from victim advocates is it can happen to anybody,  said Daren Firestone, a Levy Firestone Muse partner and crypto expert who is not involved in the case.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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