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   {"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"cb6d5d45-6ba7-4655-9f64-44b803c6707f","kind":"publish","page_slug":"doj-scam-center-strike-force-september-2026-action","published_at":"2026-09-23T12:06:48.414Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"DOJ Scam Center Strike Force September 2026 Action","sections":[{"content":"The Scam Center Strike Force was formed in November 2025 by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro of the District of Columbia. It is a multi-agency collaboration comprising the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia; DOJ's Criminal Division (Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section, Fraud Section, and Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section); the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the U.S. Secret Service; the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; the IRS Criminal Investigation unit; and Homeland Security Investigations. Additional U.S. Attorney's Offices from Alaska, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and the Western District of Washington have also collaborated on specific matters. The Strike Force focuses on Chinese transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that operate cryptocurrency investment scams — colloquially known as 'pig butchering' or 'romance baiting' schemes — and related confidence frauds targeting Americans. By February 26, 2026, the Strike Force had restrained over $580 million in cryptocurrency in its first three months. By April 2026, that figure had reached approximately $701 million, including charges against two Chinese nationals and the seizure of 503 scam domains and a Telegram recruitment channel. The September 9, 2026 action pushed cumulative restraints to approximately $938 million.","heading":"Background: The Scam Center Strike Force","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ USAO-DC: Scam Center Strike Force page","type":"official","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/scam-center-strike-force"},{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ USAO-DC: D.C. Scam Center Strike Force Seizures Top $580 Million (February 2026)","type":"official","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/dc-scam-center-strike-force-seizures-cryptocurrency-chinese-transnational-criminals-tops"},{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ OPA: Scam Center Strike Force Takes Major Actions Against Southeast Asian Scam Centers (April 2026)","type":"official","url":"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/scam-center-strike-force-takes-major-actions-against-southeast-asian-scam-centers-targeting"}]},{"content":"The Strike Force deployed a team to Madagascar for approximately two weeks to assist Malagasy local law enforcement in dismantling 13 scam compounds operated by Chinese organized crime groups. During that deployment the team processed approximately 3,200 electronic devices and conducted interviews with nearly 400 individuals arrested by local authorities. Approximately 30 suspected Chinese compound leaders were subsequently repatriated to China by Malagasy authorities. The DOJ characterized this as a coordinated joint operation; no U.S. arrests were announced in connection with the Madagascar compound operators. Court authorization for the cryptocurrency seizures associated with the simultaneous Xinbi action was granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on September 7, 2026.","heading":"September 9, 2026: Madagascar Operation","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"U.S. Secret Service press release: Scam Center Strike Force Conducts Seizures of Chinese-Run Illicit Scammer Marketplace, and Restrains $52 Million in Laundered Crypto Scammer Funds In One Day","type":"official","url":"https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2026/09/scam-center-strike-force-conducts-seizures-chinese-run-illicit-scammer"},{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ USAO-DC press release: Scam Center Strike Force Conducts Seizures of Chinese-Run Illicit Scammer Marketplace","type":"official","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/scam-center-strike-force-conducts-seizures-chinese-run-illicit-scammer-marketplace-and"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Gulf News: Online scam hubs in Madagascar smashed with US help","type":"news_article","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/africa/us-says-it-helped-crack-madagascar-online-scam-centers-1.500669041"}]},{"content":"Xinbi Guarantee is a Chinese-language illicit online marketplace that operated primarily through Telegram. According to OFAC's September 9, 2026 designation, Xinbi processed the equivalent of over $24 billion in digital assets and fiat currency since approximately 2022, with transactions settled primarily in USDT on the TRON blockchain. TRM Labs placed total throughput at over $36 billion, with documented inflows of $17 billion. Xinbi functioned as a vertically integrated fraud supply chain: vendors advertised custom scam investment website construction, cryptocurrency money-laundering services, and recruitment of trafficked workers for scam compounds in Southeast Asia. The platform provided escrow services for illicit transactions and connected scam center operators — including some previously designated by OFAC, such as entities linked to the Prince Group TCO — with North Korean hackers and other criminal actors. As of September 2026, Xinbi's Telegram channel had approximately 657,643 subscribers. The DOJ and OFAC identify Xinbi as operating from Burma, Thailand, and Laos (the Golden Triangle region). OFAC's SDN listing included over 50 TRON cryptocurrency addresses associated with Xinbi. Tether (USDT issuer) assisted with the sanctions by freezing associated addresses. The DOJ simultaneously seized approximately $12 million from two cryptocurrency wallets directly used by Xinbi.","heading":"Xinbi Guarantee: The Target Marketplace","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"U.S. Treasury OFAC: Treasury Cracks Down on Transnational Criminal Organization Behind Cyber Scam Operations Targeting Americans","type":"regulatory","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0624"},{"credibility":1,"name":"OFAC SDN Action: Transnational Criminal Organizations Designations, September 9, 2026","type":"regulatory","url":"https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260909"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Chainalysis: US Sanctions Xinbi, Asia's Multibillion-Dollar Cybercriminal Marketplace","type":"research","url":"https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/ofac-sanctions-xinbi-cybercriminal-crypto-marketplace/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"TRM Labs: The US Sanctions Xinbi, One of Southeast Asia's Largest Illicit Crypto Marketplaces","type":"research","url":"https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/the-us-sanctions-xinbi-one-of-southeast-asias-largest-illicit-crypto-marketplaces"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fincrime Central: OFAC Targets Xinbi Guarantee Over $24 Billion Criminal Marketplace","type":"news_article","url":"https://fincrimecentral.com/ofac-xinbi-guarantee-criminal-marketplace/"}]},{"content":"Alongside Xinbi Guarantee, OFAC designated two technology companies as significant transnational criminal organizations for materially supporting Xinbi's operations. Anwen Technology Co., Ltd. is a Cambodia-based company that developed XinbiPay (also referred to as NewPay), a cryptocurrency payment and digital wallet application used by Xinbi's network to process transactions. SafeW Technology Co., Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that developed the SafeW encrypted messaging application. According to OFAC and TRM Labs, Xinbi began migrating its merchant and money-laundering networks from Telegram to SafeW around June 2025, following Telegram's ban of the Xinbi channel in spring 2025. SafeW's end-to-end encryption made it an attractive successor communications platform for the criminal network. All property and interests in property of the three designated entities that are in the United States or in possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked. The OFAC SDN listing for this action included over 50 TRON-blockchain cryptocurrency addresses.","heading":"OFAC Designations: Anwen Technology and SafeW Technology","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"OFAC SDN Action: September 9, 2026 designations","type":"regulatory","url":"https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260909"},{"credibility":1,"name":"U.S. Treasury press release: Treasury Cracks Down on Transnational Criminal Organization","type":"regulatory","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0624"},{"credibility":2,"name":"TRM Labs: The US Sanctions Xinbi, One of Southeast Asia's Largest Illicit Crypto Marketplaces","type":"research","url":"https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/the-us-sanctions-xinbi-one-of-southeast-asias-largest-illicit-crypto-marketplaces"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crowdfund Insider: Southeast Asia's Illicit Crypto Marketplace Xinbi Sanctioned By US Authorities","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2026/09/309293-southeast-asias-illicit-crypto-marketplace-xinbi-sanctioned-by-us-authorities/"}]},{"content":"On September 3, 2026, six days before the Strike Force's main enforcement action, FinCEN issued Alert FIN-2026-Alert005 titled 'FinCEN Identifies Nearly $13 Billion Linked to Suspected Digital Asset Scams.' The alert analyzed 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act reports filed between September 8, 2023 and December 31, 2025, identifying approximately $12.7 billion in suspected financial activity tied to digital asset investment scams. The alert attributed the activity primarily to Southeast Asia-based TCOs operating scam compounds in Cambodia, Burma, and Laos that rely on Telegram-based 'guarantee marketplaces' and Chinese money-laundering networks to move proceeds through stablecoin and shell-company infrastructure before integration into the formal financial system. Victims were identified across all 50 U.S. states and several U.S. territories. FinCEN described digital asset investment scams as 'one of the most significant fraud threats facing Americans today.' The alert directed financial institutions to reference 'FIN-2026-SCAMCENTERS' in SAR field 2 when filing related reports, and encouraged participation in Section 314(b) voluntary information sharing. Red flags identified in the alert include fraudsters posing as romantic partners or business associates, counterfeit investment websites and mobile applications, stablecoin transfers to offshore exchanges, and use of money-mule networks.","heading":"FinCEN Alert FIN-2026-Alert005: $12.7 Billion in Suspected Pig-Butchering Activity","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"FinCEN Alert FIN-2026-Alert005 (PDF)","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2026-08/FinCEN-Alert-Scam-Centers.pdf"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FinCEN news release: FinCEN Identifies Nearly $13 Billion Linked to Suspected Digital Asset Scams","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-identifies-nearly-13-billion-linked-suspected-digital-asset-scams"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoTimes: US Treasury's FinCEN Flags Nearly $13B in Crypto 'Pig Butchering' Scam Activity","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/09/04/us-treasurys-fincen-flags-nearly-13b-in-crypto-pig-butchering-scam-activity/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"National Law Review: FinCEN's $13 Billion Scam Center Alert — What Banks Need to Know","type":"news_article","url":"https://natlawreview.com/article/fincens-13-billion-scam-center-alert-what-banks-need-know-about-fastest-growing"}]},{"content":"The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) designated Xinbi Guarantee on March 26, 2026, making the UK the first jurisdiction to take formal sanctions action against the marketplace. The FCDO issued the designation under the UK Global Human Rights sanctions regime, citing Xinbi's material support for entities that processed funds for scam centers reported to perpetrate human rights abuses against both trafficked operators and fraud victims. This UK action preceded the U.S. OFAC designation by approximately five and a half months and demonstrated early international coordination on the Xinbi threat. Chainalysis published analysis of the UK designation at the time.","heading":"Prior International Designation: UK FCDO (March 2026)","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"TRM Labs: UK Becomes First Country to Sanction Xinbi, One of Southeast Asia's Largest Illicit Crypto Marketplaces","type":"research","url":"https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/uk-becomes-first-country-to-sanction-xinbi-one-of-southeast-asias-largest-illicit-crypto-marketplaces"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Chainalysis: UK Government Designates Chinese Scam Infrastructure Xinbi","type":"research","url":"https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/xinbi-designation-chinese-language-crypto-scam-infrastructure/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crowdfund Insider: UK Government Announces Sanctions Against Xinbi","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2026/03/269415-uk-government-announces-sanctions-against-xinbi-a-chinese-language-crypto-marketplace-in-escalating-fight-against-scam-networks/"}]},{"content":"The September 2026 action built on a prior major Strike Force announcement in April 2026 in which the DOJ charged two Chinese nationals with wire fraud conspiracy. Huang Xingshan (also known as 'Ah Zhe' and 'Huang Xing Saan') and Jiang Wen Jie (also known as 'Jiang Nan') were alleged to have served as high-level managers at the Shunda compound in Burma, which operated from approximately January 2025 to November 2025 using trafficked workers forced to conduct fraud under threat of violence. Both were arrested on immigration charges by Thai law enforcement in early 2026. The April 2026 announcement also included the restraint of approximately $701.96 million in cryptocurrency, the first-of-its-kind seizure of a Telegram channel with over 6,000 followers used to recruit scam compound workers, and the seizure of 503 fraudulent .com investment-platform domains through Operation Level Up. The State Department announced a $10 million reward for information disrupting Tai Chang scam center operations in connection with that action.","heading":"April 2026 Prior Action: Shunda Compound Charges and $700M Restraint","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ OPA: Scam Center Strike Force Takes Major Actions Against Southeast Asian Scam Centers Targeting Americans (April 2026)","type":"official","url":"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/scam-center-strike-force-takes-major-actions-against-southeast-asian-scam-centers-targeting"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Chainalysis: U.S. Crackdown on Southeast Asian Crypto Scam Centers (April 2026)","type":"research","url":"https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/asian-scam-centers-crypto-fraud-april-2026/"}]},{"content":"The September 9, 2026 action is notable for combining physical infrastructure dismantlement (Madagascar), financial asset restraint ($52 million in a single day), and formal sanctions designations (OFAC) in a single coordinated operation. It represents the Strike Force's largest single-day enforcement event since its November 2025 formation. The cumulative $938 million in cryptocurrency restraints across all Strike Force actions constitutes one of the largest sustained cryptocurrency seizure campaigns by any U.S. law enforcement unit against a single criminal ecosystem. The DOJ has not announced criminal charges against named Xinbi Guarantee operators as of the September 9, 2026 announcement; the primary enforcement mechanisms to date are civil asset restraint and OFAC designation. The investigation and any related prosecutions remain ongoing. The FinCEN alert's identification of $12.7 billion in suspected pig-butchering proceeds across 33,904 SAR filings indicates the scale of the broader criminal ecosystem that Xinbi is alleged to have serviced, though the marketplace itself processed a subset of that activity. This page covers the coordinated enforcement cluster; individual entity pages for Xinbi Guarantee, Anwen Technology, and SafeW Technology are maintained separately on AVOID.NET.","heading":"Enforcement Significance and Ongoing Status","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"U.S. Secret Service press release: Scam Center Strike Force Conducts Seizures of Chinese-Run Illicit Scammer Marketplace","type":"official","url":"https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2026/09/scam-center-strike-force-conducts-seizures-chinese-run-illicit-scammer"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Infosecurity Magazine: OFAC Sanctions Chinese Scam Platform Xinbi Guarantee","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ofac-sanctions-chinese-scam/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ USAO-DC: Scam Center Strike Force Conducts Seizures of Chinese-Run Illicit Scammer Marketplace (September 9, 2026)","type":"official","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/scam-center-strike-force-conducts-seizures-chinese-run-illicit-scammer-marketplace-and"},{"credibility":1,"name":"U.S. Secret Service: Scam Center Strike Force Conducts Seizures (September 9, 2026)","type":"official","url":"https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2026/09/scam-center-strike-force-conducts-seizures-chinese-run-illicit-scammer"},{"credibility":1,"name":"U.S. Treasury: Treasury Cracks Down on Transnational Criminal Organization Behind Cyber Scam Operations Targeting Americans","type":"regulatory","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0624"},{"credibility":1,"name":"OFAC SDN Action: Transnational Criminal Organizations Designations, September 9, 2026","type":"regulatory","url":"https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260909"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FinCEN Alert FIN-2026-Alert005 (PDF)","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2026-08/FinCEN-Alert-Scam-Centers.pdf"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FinCEN news release: FinCEN Identifies Nearly $13 Billion Linked to Suspected Digital Asset Scams","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-identifies-nearly-13-billion-linked-suspected-digital-asset-scams"},{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ USAO-DC: D.C. 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Scam Center Strike Force Seizures Top $580 Million","type":"official","url":"https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/dc-scam-center-strike-force-seizures-of-cryptocurrency-from-chinese-transnational-criminals-tops-580-million"},{"credibility":1,"name":"GlobalSecurity.org: Dismantling Transnational Criminal Organization Xinbi Guarantee (State Dept.)","type":"official","url":"https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2026/09/sec-260909-state03.htm"},{"credibility":1,"name":"GlobalSecurity.org: Treasury Cracks Down on Transnational Criminal Organization","type":"official","url":"https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2026/09/sec-260909-treasury01.htm"}],"summary":"On September 9, 2026, the DOJ Scam Center Strike Force executed its largest single-day enforcement action to date, combining a two-week physical deployment to Madagascar that dismantled 13 Chinese-operated scam compounds with the restraint of $52 million in cryptocurrency and simultaneous OFAC designations of Xinbi Guarantee and two associated technology companies. The action brought the Strike Force's cumulative cryptocurrency restraints to approximately $938 million since its formation in November 2025. It was accompanied by a September 3, 2026 FinCEN alert identifying $12.7 billion in suspected pig-butchering activity across 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act filings.","timeline":[{"date":"2025-11-01","event":"DOJ Scam Center Strike Force formed by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro of the District of Columbia.","source":"DOJ USAO-DC","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/scam-center-strike-force"},{"date":"2026-02-26","event":"Strike Force announces cryptocurrency restraints have surpassed $580 million in its first three months.","source":"DOJ USAO-DC press release","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/dc-scam-center-strike-force-seizures-cryptocurrency-chinese-transnational-criminals-tops"},{"date":"2026-03-26","event":"UK FCDO designates Xinbi Guarantee under the Global Human Rights sanctions regime, becoming the first jurisdiction to take formal action against the marketplace.","source":"TRM Labs analysis of UK designation","source_url":"https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/uk-becomes-first-country-to-sanction-xinbi-one-of-southeast-asias-largest-illicit-crypto-marketplaces"},{"date":"2026-04-23","event":"Strike Force charges Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie with wire fraud conspiracy related to the Shunda compound in Burma; announces $701.96M in total cryptocurrency restrained, seizure of 503 fraudulent domains, and first-ever seizure of a Telegram recruitment channel.","source":"DOJ OPA press release","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/scam-center-strike-force-takes-major-actions-against-southeast-asian-scam-centers-targeting"},{"date":"2026-06-01","event":"Xinbi Guarantee begins migrating its merchant and money-laundering networks from Telegram to SafeW encrypted messaging platform, following Telegram's ban of the Xinbi channel.","source":"TRM Labs","source_url":"https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/the-us-sanctions-xinbi-one-of-southeast-asias-largest-illicit-crypto-marketplaces"},{"date":"2026-09-03","event":"FinCEN issues Alert FIN-2026-Alert005 identifying $12.7 billion in suspected digital asset investment scam activity across 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act filings from September 2023 to December 2025.","source":"FinCEN news release","source_url":"https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-identifies-nearly-13-billion-linked-suspected-digital-asset-scams"},{"date":"2026-09-07","event":"U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia authorizes seizure of cryptocurrency wallets and infrastructure associated with Xinbi Guarantee.","source":"U.S. Secret Service press release","source_url":"https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2026/09/scam-center-strike-force-conducts-seizures-chinese-run-illicit-scammer"},{"date":"2026-09-09","event":"Strike Force announces: (1) two-week Madagascar deployment assisting local authorities in dismantling 13 scam compounds, processing 3,200 devices, and interviewing approximately 400 arrestees; (2) restraint of $52 million in cryptocurrency in a single day, bringing cumulative total to approximately $938 million; (3) seizure of $12 million from two Xinbi wallets. Simultaneously, OFAC designates Xinbi Guarantee, Anwen Technology Co. Ltd., and SafeW Technology Co. Ltd. as significant transnational criminal organizations, listing over 50 TRON cryptocurrency addresses on the SDN list.","source":"DOJ USAO-DC and U.S. Secret Service press releases; Treasury OFAC press release","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/scam-center-strike-force-conducts-seizures-chinese-run-illicit-scammer-marketplace-and"}]},"v":1}

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