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US launches sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asia cyberscams and sanctions Cambodian senator
The Treasury said the network used casinos and fortified compounds to defraud Americans and launder victims' funds, with 28 people and entities also targeted.
- On Thursday, the United States imposed sanctions on Cambodian Senator Kok An and 28 others, charging that their network has been "defrauding Americans" at scam compounds across the South-east Asian country.
- Kok and his affiliates operated "out of casinos and office parks retrofitted for fraudulent activity," using human trafficking victims to target Americans under threat of violence, the Treasury Department stated.
- Stablecoin issuer Tether froze over $344 million in assets allegedly linked to sanctions evasion, while the Treasury's Scam Center Strike Force seized 503 fraudulent web domains.
- Separately, the State Department offered rewards up to $10 million for information on "Tai Chang" scam centres in Myanmar, as the Justice Department charged two individuals managing similar operations.
- "This is an incredibly aggressive move from a diplomatic standpoint," said Brett Erickson, managing principal at Obsidian Risk Advisors, as the Trump administration views the operations as a national security threat.
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