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Romance, Fake Platforms, $73M Lost: Crypto Scam Leader Gets 20 Years

ID: 8ebae727-6cbf-5350-9bc2-838217470c9e

STIX ID: report--8ebae727-6cbf-5350-9bc2-838217470c9e

Feed Name: The Cyber Express

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-02-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Samiksha Jain

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The report outlines the U.S. sentencing in absentia of Daren Li for his role in a $73.6M global cryptocurrency investment scam that used long-term social engineering ("pig butchering"), spoofed trading platforms, and U.S. shell companies to launder stolen funds; Li fled custody before serving a 20-year sentence and authorities are intensifying international efforts to dismantle scam centers in Cambodia and recover victim funds.

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