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Scam Center Strike Force Established a new task force to disrupt scam networks trace illicit funds seize cryptocurrency and coordinate with international partners. for Announced

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U.S. federal authorities launched Scam Center Strike Force to disrupt Chinese cryptocurrency scam networks, an anti-fraud push aimed at protecting Americans from nearly $10 billion in annual losses. The new team brings together the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, and Secret Service. Its immediate focus is tracing illicit funds, seizing stolen crypto, and dismantling the infrastructure behind scam compounds in Southeast Asia. The effort also targets the social-media and text-message lures used to push victims into fraudulent investment platforms.

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  1. 14.11.2025 16:54 1 articles · 7mo ago

    OFAC sanctions DKBA and linked scam financiers

    Legal Policy Action Update

    On Wednesday, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), four senior leaders, Trans Asia International Holding Group Thailand Company Limited, Troth Star Company Limited, and Thai national Chamu Sawang for running cyber-scam operations in Burma that specifically target U.S. citizens and finance Chinese criminal rings.

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  2. 14.11.2025 16:54 2 articles · 7mo ago

    Scam Center Strike Force launched to disrupt crypto scams

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    U.S. federal authorities established the Scam Center Strike Force, a DOJ-, FBI-, Secret Service-, and U.S. Attorney's Office-supported effort to investigate and prosecute large-scale cryptocurrency investment scams and money laundering campaigns tied to Chinese criminal rings in Southeast Asia. The team will trace illicit funds, seize cryptocurrency, and coordinate with international partners to dismantle scam compounds that defraud Americans of nearly $10 billion annually.

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