In a daring mission to rescue financial innocence, the Department of Justice has heroically swooped in to confiscate $61 million in Tether, sparing it from the greasy clutches of so-called ‘pig butchering’ crypto scams. It seems that the virtual piglets of currency were rounded up for slaughter, only to discover that the butcher was actually the government in a snappy uniform.

The DoJ, displaying admirable porcine sensitivity, traced these funds to crypto addresses known for laundering disparaged dollars. These addresses, it turns out, are the digital equivalent of a pigsty—messy, a little bit shady, and smelling faintly of bacon.

While these swine-inspired scams might sound like the plot of a B-list cyber-thriller, the DoJ has vowed to keep investors safe from the nefarious clutches of virtual farmers. Remember, always check where your crypto bacon comes from, lest you find your savings sizzling on the griddle of the ether.