DOJ Charges 2 Chinese Nationals Who Allegedly Ran Overseas Scam Centers Targeting Americans

Officials say crypto fraud, cyberscams, and human trafficking are being committed on an ‘industrial’ scale and costing Americans billions in lost savings.
DOJ Charges 2 Chinese Nationals Who Allegedly Ran Overseas Scam Centers Targeting Americans
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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The Department of Justice has announced that its Scam Center Strike Force has filed criminal charges and issued arrest warrants against two Chinese nationals for operating a cryptocurrency investment fraud operation in Burma (also known as Myanmar) and trying to start another in Cambodia.

The strike force also seized a Telegram app channel that used the promise of nonexistent jobs to lure unsuspecting job seekers to its compound in Burma, along with 503 fake investment websites.

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