US Launches Sweeping Crackdown on Southeast Asia Cyberscams and Sanctions Cambodian Senator
U.S. officials have announced a sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations as part of what U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro characterized Friday as a “new theater of war” launched by the Trump administration against Chinese transnational organized crime. The crackdown, led by a U.S. government Scam Center Strike Force, includes the Treasury Department’s sanctioning of […] The post US Launches Sweeping Crackdown on Southeast Asia Cyberscams and Sanctions Cambodian Senator appeared first on SecurityWeek.
U.S. officials have announced a sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations as part of what U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro characterized Friday as a “new theater of war” launched by the Trump administration against Chinese transnational organized crime.
The crackdown, led by a U.S. government Scam Center Strike Force, includes the Treasury Department’s sanctioning of a prominent lawmaker and 28 other people and companies accused of operating from Cambodia. Criminal charges also were filed against two Chinese nationals involved in a similar operation in Myanmar.
The initiative includes a warrant to seize and shut down a major online recruitment channel on the Telegram messaging app and freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit assets, Pirro said in a virtual press conference connecting her from Washington to journalists in Asia.
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