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US Creates 'Strike Force' to Take Out SE Asian Scam Centers

ID: 4a897984-ee8d-5ad3-992b-5cfd61c8cdc4

STIX ID: report--4a897984-ee8d-5ad3-992b-5cfd61c8cdc4

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2025-11-19

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer

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The US has launched a multi-agency 'Scam Center Strike Force' to disrupt Southeast Asian scam compounds that use romance and crypto investment ('pig butchering') frauds to steal billions from victims worldwide; the effort includes criminal charges, asset seizures (including large bitcoin seizures), sanctions, visa restrictions, rewards for key figures, and coordination with private-sector providers to cut off infrastructure and trace stolen funds.

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