Scam Center Strike Force

During Disruption Week, the private sector and government disrupted accounts used by transnational crime actors in Southeast Asia, freezing $3.8 million in cryptocurrency linked to fraud against Americans. The Scam Center Strike Force collaborated with foreign officials and industry representatives, with federal agencies providing targets for cryptocurrency fraud schemes.

The Department of Justice, led by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva, announced results of a collaborative effort with private industry to combat cyber-enabled and cryptocurrency fraud during a 'Disruption Week' event. The initiative marks a first-of-its-kind government-industry partnership targeting fraud schemes affecting Americans.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Scam Center Strike Force has frozen $700 million in cryptocurrency and indicted two Chinese nationals, Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie, for operating a 'pig butchering' scam hub called Shunda in Myanmar, which involved human trafficking and violence. The compound targeted victims through crypto fraud and coercive tactics.

The U.S. Justice Department charged two Chinese nationals, Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie, for allegedly leading a cryptocurrency scam center in Burma that targeted Americans using forced labor and violence. The DOJ, under Trump's administration, has seized over $700 million in stolen cryptocurrency and shut down 500 scam websites.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged two Chinese nationals, Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie, for allegedly operating a cryptocurrency scam center in Burma that trafficked and forced individuals to defraud Americans. The DOJ seized a Telegram channel, over 500 fraudulent websites, and restrained $700 million in stolen cryptocurrency.

The Scam Center Strike Force has announced coordinated actions against Southeast Asian criminal organizations operating scam centers that target Americans. This represents a major enforcement effort against transnational cybercrime operations.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced the creation of the first Scam Center Strike Force, a federal law enforcement initiative designed to combat Southeast Asian cryptocurrency-related fraud and investment scams targeting American citizens. The strike force represents a coordinated effort among multiple federal agencies to address the growing threat of crypto fraud.