The U.S. Department of Justice announced seizure of tickmilleas.com, a domain used by the Tai Chang (aka Casino Kosai) pig‑butchering cryptocurrency fraud. The site posed as a trading platform, showed fake balances, and directed victims to malicious mobile apps removed with industry cooperation.

On Dec. 2, 2025 the Justice Department and its Scam Center Strike Force announced they seized tickmilleas.com, a domain tied to the Tai Chang (also known as Casino Kosai) compound that ran large‑scale “pig‑butchering” crypto investment scams targeting Americans. According to the DOJ affidavit, the site impersonated a legitimate trading platform, fabricated account balances to convince victims they had earned profits, and provided links that directed victims to malicious mobile applications used to harvest funds. The seizure was part of coordinated action that included cooperation from major platform providers; Meta, Google and Apple removed related accounts and apps after receiving law enforcement requests. The complaint and supporting exhibits outline how the compound operated across jurisdictions, leveraging social engineering and fake testimonials to convert targets into sustained, escalating transfers. The DOJ action aims to disrupt the infrastructure enabling these scams and to assist ongoing investigations into the operators. The seizure underscores continued cross‑border law enforcement focus on crypto confidence schemes and the role of platform cooperation in removing fraudulent infrastructure.