Suspected "Pig Butchering" Scam Funds Laundered Nearly $8 Million Through Tornado Cash


According to PeckShieldAlert, address 0xB8b4...3714 is using Tornado Cash for large-scale money laundering. To date, this address has processed 2479.1 ETH, approximately $7.9 million. The related funds originally came from multiple TRON wallets and were subsequently transferred across chains to the Ethereum network, suspected to be linked to a crypto investment "Pig Butchering" scam.

Details of Fund Flows

Source: Funds mainly sent from USDT/TRX wallets on the TRON chain, converted to ETH via cross-chain bridges. Recent transactions include multiple small to medium transfers, such as receiving 158.1375 ETH, 158.536993 ETH, 158.499301 ETH, etc., involving multiple source wallets.

Money Laundering Process: The address deposits the received ETH into Tornado Cash in batches, with different denominations such as 0.1 ETH, 1 ETH, 10 ETH, and 100 ETH. Transaction records show at least dozens of such operations, with a total deposit of 2479.1 ETH. Tornado Cash is used as a mixing tool to obscure the fund trail and prevent tracking.

Timeline: The activity started around January 5, 2026, and by January 6, monitoring data indicates most of the laundering was completed.
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