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TRM Talks: REACTing to the Pig Butchering Scourge with Prosecutor Erin West

Oct 23, 2024 - 29min

EPISODE 68

TRM Talks: REACTing to the Pig Butchering Scourge with Prosecutor Erin West

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In the episode of TRM Talks, Ari Redbord, TRM's Global Head of Policy, sits down with Santa Clara County, California prosecutor Erin West of the REACT Task Force to discuss the double victimization of pig butchering scams, the importance of a whole of government and private sector approach, and how stopping scams from happening in the first place is the key.

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About the guests

Erin West
Santa Clara County, REACT Task Force

Erin serves as prosecutor to REACT — Santa Clara County's elite high tech investigative force — who has taken down international SIM swappers, disrupted fraudulent call centers abroad and now is actively working to combat the romance investment scammers known as pig butcherers. She has a keen interested in assisting victims and being a resource to state and local law enforcement eager to enter the cryptocurrency investigation arena.

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