FBI Director Vows to ‘Annihilate’ Scam Compounds Targeting Americans

FBI Director Vows to ‘Annihilate’ Scam Compounds Targeting Americans

WASHINGTON—Deep in the jungle in Southeast Asia, behind high walls and barbed wire, scammers are siphoning billions of dollars from Americans.  They follow tightly scripted playbooks, often spending days or weeks building emotional bonds with a target before getting down to business.  The fraud factories are highly successful and growing, and the United States is feeling the toll. In 2025 alone, Americans reported 72,000 cases of cryptocurrency …