20-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Millions Stolen, Death Threats: Should Banks Do More to Fight ‘Pig Butchering'?
For nearly 50 years, Anamarie Hurt trusted her husband, Craig, to manage their finances. And he did a good job of it, making investments that grew into a comfortable nest egg.
Then Craig walked into a bank in Tulsa, Okla., and began moving their retirement funds into cryptocurrency investments that turned out to be fake. A year later, after losing more than $5 million, the Hurts' life savings were gone.