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FBI Operation Level Up — Crypto Fraud Victim Alert Program

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Summary

Operation Level Up is a joint FBI/U.S. Secret Service initiative, launched in January 2024, that proactively identifies and directly contacts victims of ongoing cryptocurrency investment fraud (commonly called "pig butchering") before they lose additional funds. As of an April 2026 U.S. Attorney's Office update, the program had alerted nearly 9,000 individuals and was credited with preventing an estimated $562 million in further losses. It is a legitimate U.S. government law-enforcement victim-protection program, not a risk entity, and is documented here as a reference resource for victims and researchers.

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    Timeline(4 events)

    January 2024

    FBI, with support from the U.S. Secret Service, launches Operation Level Up to proactively identify and contact victims of ongoing cryptocurrency investment fraud ('pig butchering').

    FinanceFeeds / Daily Hodl / multiple corroborating reports citing FBI

    14 February 2025

    FBI reports Operation Level Up has helped over 4,300 victims and prevented an estimated $285 million in losses.

    The Daily Hodl

    25 March 2026

    Updated reporting puts Operation Level Up's cumulative total at 8,103 victims notified and approximately $511.5 million in prevented losses, with 77% of contacted victims reportedly unaware they were being scammed.

    FinanceFeeds

    29 April 2026

    FBI, Dubai Police, and China's Ministry of Public Security jointly announce an international takedown of pig-butchering scam networks: 276 arrests, nine scam centers dismantled, and over $701 million in cryptocurrency frozen. Coverage of the action cites Operation Level Up's cumulative figures — nearly 9,000 victims alerted and an estimated $562 million in losses prevented — as related context.

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    Decision Log

    This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 6 of 11 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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    generated: 9/11/2026, 12:27:52 PM

    last updated: 9/11/2026, 4:40:57 PM

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