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OFAC sanctions Xinbi-linked services for scam facilitation

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OFAC sanctioned Xinbi-linked services for facilitating cyber scams, fraud, money laundering, and other criminal activity targeting Americans. The action adds formal sanctions pressure to a marketplace ecosystem tied to scam-center operations. It also increases the operational and financial risk for related wallets, channels, and intermediaries. The designation is part of a broader effort to disrupt the infrastructure behind large-scale fraud.

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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...

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US Secret Service freezes Xinbi-linked cryptoassets

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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...

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DoJ disruption of Xinbi Guarantee scam marketplace

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H score32 First: 09.09.2026 21:26 Last: 09.09.2026 21:26 Sources 1

How related: The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced coordinated actions aimed at an illicit online marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee that offered scam services, including seizing Telegram channels used to run the service, 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.

About this happening: The U.S. Department of Justice seized Telegram channels and confiscated two cryptocurrency wallets tied to Xinbi Guarantee, disrupting a scam marketplace used for...

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H score37 First: 10.08.2026 12:00 Last: 10.08.2026 12:00 Sources 1

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OFAC sanctions First VPN Service and two individuals

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H score27 First: 14.07.2026 11:02 Last: 14.07.2026 11:02 Sources 1

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  1. 09.09.2026 21:26 2 articles · 13d ago

    OFAC sanctions Xinbi-linked services for scam facilitation

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    The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Xinbi-linked services for facilitating cyber scams, fraud, money laundering, and other criminal activity targeting Americans.

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