US Sanctions Billion-Dollar Cyber Scam Networks in Myanmar and Cambodia

US sanctions billion-dollar cyber scam networks in Myanmar and Cambodia

Criminal networks traffic hundreds of thousands of people into Southeast Asian scam compounds, especially along the Thai-Myanmar border, where they are forced into debt bondage and defrauding strangers online

US sanctions Southeast Asian crime networks exploiting forced labor in scam compounds

The United States has launched a new wave of sanctions against criminal networks in Southeast Asia that exploit forced labor to scam Americans online, escalating its pressure on a problem that has mushroomed into a global crisis. The move, announced by the US Treasury Department on September 8, targets 19 individuals and entities linked to large-scale scam centers in Myanmar and Cambodia-operations that experts describe as brutal, exploitative, …

US moves against scam compounds in Sihanoukville, Shwe Kokko

US sanctions hit Myanmar’s Shwe Kokko and Cambodia’s Sihanoukville scam hubs, targeting $10B cyber fraud networks using forced labor. The post US moves against scam compounds in Sihanoukville, Shwe Kokko first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

OFAC Sanctions Networks of Scam Centers in Myanmar, Cambodia

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned a network of what it said are scam centers operating across Southeast Asia, saying they steal billions of dollars from Americans using forced labor and violence. The designations target people, companies...

US Sanctions Cyber Scam Networks in Myanmar and Cambodia

The United States has imposed sanctions on cyber scam operators in Myanmar and Cambodia, targeting an industry the US states stole tens of billions of US dollars from Americans last year. This action, taken on Tuesday, according to a Treasury Department statement, aims to disrupt criminal networks.