CyberScamMonitor

Tracking online scam & gambling operations in Southeast Asia. Documenting human trafficking & other human rights abuses. Exposing perpetrators.

[Huang Yan @pelops_huang]

I went back to Dara Sakor earlier this year, after the Long Bay scam compound was largely emptied.

What surprised me wasn't the empty compound, but everything that had grown around it.

A few thoughts from my visit. My latest story: https://t.co/aCkSOr4ebh

[Jack Adamović Davies @jackoozell]

Extraordinary undercover reporting from @AJ101East, who got the boss of what’s alleged to be one of the largest scam compounds in the country to give them a tour of his “ketamine rooms” and explain how he maintains his political protection

https://t.co/AXyqgebPPR

[Treasury Department @USTreasury]

Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Transnational Criminal Organization Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language platform used extensively by Chinese cybercriminals to support cyber scams, fraud, money laundering, and other criminal activity targeting Americans.

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Over 6,000 Illegal Visas Issued; 3 Foreign Ministry Officials Charged | CamboJA News https://t.co/yA1Wru5YS0

[Mekong Independent @MekongIndy]

Only people involved in the “gray economy” are impacted by crackdowns on Cambodia’s online scam industry, a deputy provincial governor said, as raids continue in the country's heavily promoted campaign against online fraud operations. https://t.co/v0DyXkrfgi

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

MYANMAR: Scam operators reportedly moving out of compounds incl. Taichang Park and heading to sites further from the border. https://t.co/zTba6oy5xd

[Reuters @Reuters]

A gambling empire controlled by a powerful Cambodian tycoon was the landlord of a compound that was used for industrial-scale scamming and human trafficking operations, Reuters has found https://t.co/g6CZcA8Qr7

[Global Times @globaltimesnews]

#China and the #Philippines have recently cooperated in capturing and repatriating Lin, a fugitive suspected of organizing cross-border #gambling and #telecom #fraud operations， involving hundreds of millions of yuan. China will continue to strengthen law enforcement cooperation with the Philippines, and provide protection for normal exchanges between the two countries, the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said in a release on Wednesday.

[Danielle K-O @DanielleRose84]

Those who downloaded H-Pay had a glimmer of hope as the liquidator Reachs & Partners was still taking claims & assessing the company. Until yesterday. Reachs said that the company didn't have sufficient funds to cover liabilities, and sent the case to court.

[Mekong Independent @MekongIndy]

A Kampot village was swept up in the casino development of the local tycoon jailed amid scam raids. Foreign workers lived nightmares in the former salt fields. “Inside those compounds, it felt like the sun no longer existed.” https://t.co/bdHOZTtWVu

[Myanmar Witness @MyanmarWitness]

Not all scam centres look the same. In Myanmar, they range from large urban complexes to hidden forest sites.

Our latest video breaks down the 5 common types of scam compounds from Mega-Compounds to Rural Sites, revealing the hidden architecture of forced confinement.

Watch the full video below to see how these sites operate, and read our deep-dive analysis here: 🔗https://t.co/ABNby14mYs
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar #ScamCentres

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

US/CAMBODIA: US Justice Department announces seizure of cloud computing account used by subsidiaries of Huione Group. Subsidiaries alleged to have assisted individuals & organizations in transferring proceeds of crypto investment frauds, cyber scams & other criminal activities. https://t.co/SHShuxlqOI

[Reuters @Reuters]

Thailand seeks to arrest fugitive Chinese businessman over illegal crypto mining https://t.co/VTjBr2cTQp https://t.co/VTjBr2cTQp

[Chainalysis @chainalysis]

Today, the DOJ seized tech used by the crime-facilitating Huione Group to transfer and launder billions of dollars in fraud proceeds. Chainalysis provided key intelligence to the investigation. Here's what you need to know about Huione and why this crackdown matters.

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

The United States on Tuesday sanctioned nine individuals and 26 entities it said were linked to the Prince Group, which it has designated a transnational criminal organization, in the latest U.S. action targeting individuals and companies tied to Cambodia’s multibillion-dollar online scam industry.
https://t.co/0B5c3aTvHU

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

SINGAPORE/CAMBODIA: Singapore police investigating Qiu Wei Ren & Hu Xiaowei, alleged members of sanctioned Prince Group network, for money laundering offences. Police have frozen S$600m in assets to date as part of its Prince investigation. https://t.co/V28yDLnLzl

[Elliptic @elliptic]

At $134 billion, Huione was the largest criminal marketplace and money laundering operation crypto has ever seen.

Over the past two years, Elliptic's intelligence has revealed how it operated, tracing the network behind it through every rebrand, and informing the sanctions and enforcement actions that followed.

Read the full story: https://t.co/FLiOVaJe1R

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA/US: Treasury announces further sanctions on Prince Group network, including 9 ppl + 26 BVI, UK, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore companies. FinCEN also expands Huione sanctions to cover H-PAY. https://t.co/9xv4l3gZ6i

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

Hu Xiaowei, an alleged associate of Cambodia’s heavily sanctioned Prince Group, was arrested in Osaka on falsified records charges while seeking permanent residency under a "high-skilled professional" visa.

https://t.co/qGGEBFp8Ym

[Jack Adamović Davies @jackoozell]

The Isle of Man is a beautiful and strange place. For @business, I wrote about how this unique self-governing island in the Irish Sea became a haven for alleged international criminals. [link in the comments]