DOJ Scam Center Strike Force Charges Two Chinese Nationals Who Ran Burma Fraud Compound; Over $700 Million Restrained
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 12 that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro for the District of Columbia, Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Criminal Division and partner agencies unveiled a series of coordinated Scam Center Strike Force actions against Southeast Asian scam centers, including criminal charges against two Chinese nationals, Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie. The two men allegedly managed a cryptocurrency investment fraud compound in Burma that targeted victims including Americans, and each is charged with wire fraud conspiracy.
According to the Justice Department, the Shunda compound in Min Let Pan, Burma, operated from at least January 2025 until about November 2025, when it was seized by the Karen National Liberation Army. The compound used scam websites and mobile applications disguised as legitimate investment platforms, and its workers were trafficked individuals held against their will and forced to defraud victims under threat of violence and torture. Huang Xingshan allegedly served as a high-level manager and enforcer who personally took part in physically punishing trafficked workers. Jiang Wen Jie allegedly served as a team leader directly supervising workers who targeted American victims; under his supervision, one worker defrauded a single American victim of over $3 million through a fraudulent investment platform. After the compound was seized, the two men relocated to another compound in Cambodia, and in early 2026 they were arrested in Thailand on immigration charges by Thai law enforcement while traveling back toward Burma.
Other actions announced the same day include the seizure of a Telegram channel with more than 6,000 followers that lured workers to a forced-labor compound in Cambodia, and the seizure of 503 web domains disguised as legitimate investment platforms. The Justice Department said the Strike Force has restrained more than $700 million in cryptocurrency allegedly tied to scam money laundering. In coordinated actions, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Cambodian scam center operators, including Cambodian Senator Kok An and businessman Rithy Raksmei and their business networks, and the State Department offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the seizure or recovery of proceeds from the Tai Chang scam centers in Burma.
Pirro said the Scam Center Strike Force, launched in November 2025, has charged the Chinese bosses who ran the Burma compound, seized the Telegram channel used to lure workers, and taken down more than 500 websites used to steal people's savings. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), reported investment scam losses rose 24 percent in 2025 to over $7.2 billion. The Justice Department noted that a complaint is merely an allegation and that both defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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