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DoJ disruption of Xinbi Guarantee scam marketplace

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The U.S. Department of Justice seized Telegram channels and confiscated two cryptocurrency wallets tied to Xinbi Guarantee, disrupting a scam marketplace used for cyber-enabled fraud and money laundering.

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OFAC sanctions Xinbi Guarantee and supporting entities

Regulatory/Legal Action
H score32 First: 10.09.2026 11:00 Last: 10.09.2026 11:00 Sources 1

About this happening: OFAC sanctioned Xinbi Guarantee and two supporting entities, tightening pressure on a Chinese-language scam marketplace used for fraud, money laundering, and other crimina...

US Secret Service freezes Xinbi-linked cryptoassets

Law Enforcement
H score29 First: 10.09.2026 11:00 Last: 10.09.2026 11:00 Sources 1

About this happening: The US Secret Service identified and froze $52.8m in cryptoassets linked to Xinbi Guarantee, disrupting funds tied to a major fraud marketplace. The action came al...

DOJ expands Scam Center Strike Force global scam-center disruption

Public Sector Action
H score35 First: 09.09.2026 21:26 Last: 09.09.2026 21:26 Sources 1

How related: Furthermore, the Justice Department announced that the Scam Center Strike Force will expand its scope to target scam center compounds globally going forward. This has resulted in the takedown of 13 scam centers in Madagascar. More than 3,200 electronic devices and investigations have been opened based on interviews with nearly 400 arrestees.

About this happening: The U.S. Department of Justice expanded the Scam Center Strike Force to target scam center compounds globally, widening a public-sector disruption effort against overs...

OFAC sanctions Xinbi-linked services for scam facilitation

Regulatory/Legal Action
H score34 First: 09.09.2026 21:26 Last: 09.09.2026 21:26 Sources 1

How related: In tandem, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the Chinese-language media for facilitating cyber scams, fraud, money laundering, and other criminal activity targeting Americans.

About this happening: OFAC sanctioned Xinbi-linked services for facilitating cyber scams, fraud, money laundering, and other criminal activity targeting Americans. The action adds formal ...

A coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts likely originating from Southeast Asia campaign activity escalates

Campaign
H score29 First: 05.08.2026 21:33 Last: 05.08.2026 21:33 Sources 1

About this happening: OpenAI disrupted a Poipet-linked scam campaign that used ChatGPT to scale fraud across investment, romance, gambling, and law-enforcement impersonation schemes. The di...

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  1. 09.09.2026 21:26 2 articles · 1d ago

    DoJ and Treasury move against Xinbi Guarantee scam marketplace

    Initial Disclosure

    The U.S. Department of Justice and Treasury coordinated actions against Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-based marketplace used for scam services and money laundering, seizing Telegram channels, confiscating two cryptocurrency wallets, and deploying the Scam Center Strike Force to Madagascar to help disrupt 13 scam compounds run by Chinese organized crime syndicates. The operation restrained about $52 million in cryptocurrency in one day and brought the Scam Center Strike Force total to about $938 million.

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