A series of scams across New York City, involving a cryptocurrency scheme known as 'pig butchering,' has led to significant financial losses and legal actions. Victims in Brooklyn were swindled out of $5 million, while NYC dating app users lost $100K to the phony crypto scam. The Brooklyn District Attorney's office, under the leadership of Eric Gonzalez, has disrupted a cryptocurrency operation that defrauded people nationwide out of millions. In a related legal development, an Irving man was sentenced to 7 years in prison for a $7M COVID scam. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Taylor James Johnatakis to over seven years for his role in the scam. Furthermore, nearly two dozen web domains associated with the 'pig butchering' scheme were seized by prosecutors in Brooklyn. Authorities are warning of the growing threat of this scam, and Google has taken legal action against Chinese developers over their involvement in 'pig butchering' scams.