DOJ Scam Center Strike Force — 276-Arrest Global Operation (2026)
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Scam Center Strike Force, launched in November 2025 and based in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, led a series of coordinated international enforcement actions in 2026 targeting Southeast Asian cryptocurrency investment fraud ('pig butchering') compounds. The centerpiece was an April 29, 2026 coordinated operation resulting in at least 276 arrests across multiple countries, the dismantlement of nine scam centers, and the restraint of over $701 million in cryptocurrency. The Strike Force has described annual American losses from these schemes at approximately $7.2 billion in 2025, and as of mid-2026 had restrained or seized approximately $938 million in total across all its actions.
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Timeline(11 events)
1 January 2024
FBI and U.S. Secret Service launch Operation Level Up, a proactive initiative to identify and notify victims of cryptocurrency investment fraud before their losses are complete.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs1 January 2025
Shunda scam compound allegedly begins operations in Min Let Pan, Karen State, Myanmar under alleged management by Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs1 November 2025
Karen National Liberation Army seizes the Shunda compound in Myanmar. Alleged managers Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie relocate to a scam compound in Cambodia.
U.S. News / DOJ12 November 2025
DOJ formally launches the Scam Center Strike Force from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Cybernews26 February 2026
Strike Force announces that within its first three months it has frozen and seized over $580 million in cryptocurrency connected to pig-butchering scams run by Chinese transnational criminal organizations.
IRS Criminal Investigation / U.S. Secret Service9 April 2026
Operation Atlantic announced: over 30 countries participate; 20,000+ victim wallet addresses identified; 3,000+ potential victims contacted; $12 million in fraudulent funds frozen; 120+ web domains disrupted.
U.S. Secret Service23 April 2026
Strike Force announces major coordinated actions: DOJ charges Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie (both in Thai custody) for alleged Shunda compound operations; $701.96 million in cryptocurrency restrained; 503 fraudulent investment websites seized; Telegram recruitment channel seized; OFAC sanctions Cambodian officials Kok An and Rithy Raksmei; State Department offers $10 million reward for information on Tai Chang scam centers.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs29 April 2026
DOJ announces coordinated international operation resulting in at least 276 arrests, dismantlement of nine scam centers in Dubai and Southeast Asia; four defendants charged in San Diego on wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy counts; FBI reports 8,935 Operation Level Up victim notifications and $562 million in estimated victim savings.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs18 May 2026
Disruption Week convenes in Washington D.C.; DOJ meets with Apple, Coinbase, Google, Meta, Microsoft, SpaceX, TRM Labs, and others to coordinate voluntary disruption of scam infrastructure.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs3 June 2026
Disruption Week results announced: over 1.4 million social media and email accounts disrupted; $3.8 million in cryptocurrency voluntarily frozen by private sector partners; seven scammers arrested in Thailand.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs / IRS Criminal Investigation7 September 2026
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia authorizes seizure of Telegram channels hosting Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language illicit marketplace alleged to have processed $24 billion in transactions since 2022; $52 million in cryptocurrency restrained in a single day; Strike Force total restraints reach approximately $938 million.
U.S. Secret Service / DOJ U.S. Attorney's Office D.C.Decision Log
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generated: 9/24/2026, 12:12:01 PM
last updated: 9/24/2026, 5:19:02 PM
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