DOJ Scam Center Strike Force — 276-Arrest Global Operation (May 2026)
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Summary
This entry documents a real, multi-agency U.S. law-enforcement action, not a scam entity. On April 29, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that a coordinated international operation involving the FBI, Dubai Police (UAE Ministry of Interior), the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, and Royal Thai Police had resulted in at least 276 arrests and the dismantlement of nine cryptocurrency 'pig-butchering' scam centers across Southeast Asia and the Gulf. Five individuals were separately charged by federal prosecutors in San Diego. The arrests were part of a broader, ongoing DOJ Scam Center Strike Force initiative (formed November 2025) that by September 2026 had restrained roughly $938 million in cryptocurrency, charged additional defendants tied to the Shunda scam compound in Myanmar, and helped trigger Treasury/OFAC sanctions against the Xinbi Guarantee marketplace. The title's 'May 2026' framing appears to reflect secondary news coverage published in the days after the DOJ's April 29 release; the operation itself and DOJ's own announcement date to April 29, 2026. Because this is a government enforcement action corroborated by DOJ, Treasury, IRS-CI, and Secret Service press releases plus extensive Tier 1/Tier 2 news coverage, it is assessed as high-trust/verified rather than as a risk to be avoided.
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Timeline(10 events)
November 2025
DOJ, alongside the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, launches the Scam Center Strike Force to combat Southeast Asian cryptocurrency investment fraud ('pig-butchering') operations.
Ballard Spahr client alertFebruary 2026
DOJ Scam Center Strike Force announces cumulative cryptocurrency seizures and freezes have topped $580 million.
IRS Criminal Investigation26 March 2026
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office sanctions the Xinbi Guarantee marketplace.
U.S. Department of the Treasury press releaseMarch 2026
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of California indicts Thet Min Nyi and a fugitive co-defendant on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy charges tied to the 'Ko Thet Company' scam operation.
DOJ Office of Public AffairsApril 2026
Criminal complaints are filed in the Southern District of California charging Wiliang Awang, Andreas Chandra, a fugitive co-defendant, and Lisa Mariam with wire fraud conspiracy.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs23 April 2026
Scam Center Strike Force unseals charges against Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie for allegedly running the Shunda scam compound in Myanmar; announces restraint of over $701.9 million in cryptocurrency, seizure of a Telegram recruitment channel, and seizure of 503 fraudulent investment websites under Operation Level Up.
DOJ (District of Columbia U.S. Attorney's Office)29 April 2026
DOJ announces a coordinated international takedown resulting in at least 276 arrests and the dismantlement of nine crypto scam centers, led by Dubai Police, the FBI, and Chinese Ministry of Public Security; five individuals charged in San Diego.
DOJ Office of Public AffairsMay 2026
Secondary news coverage of the 276-arrest operation is published/republished by outlets including Breitbart and local radio affiliates, contributing to the operation being popularly referenced as a 'May 2026' action.
BreitbartSeptember 2026
Scam Center Strike Force restrains approximately $52 million in cryptocurrency in a single coordinated action.
U.S. Secret Service9 September 2026
OFAC sanctions Xinbi Guarantee and two supporting entities (Anwen Technology, SafeW Technology); Scam Center Strike Force seizes Xinbi's infrastructure and digital-asset wallets; cumulative Strike Force crypto seizures/freezes reach approximately $938 million, and roughly 30 Chinese scam-compound leaders are arrested and repatriated following raids on 13 compounds in Madagascar.
U.S. Department of the Treasury / U.S. Secret Servicemodel: claude-code-investigator
generated: 9/24/2026, 12:08:20 PM
last updated: 9/24/2026, 5:19:01 PM
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