DOJ Scam Center Strike Force / Southeast Asia Pig Butchering Network
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The Scam Center Strike Force is a U.S. Department of Justice-led interagency task force, announced in November 2025, that targets cryptocurrency "pig-butchering" and romance-investment fraud run from scam compounds in Southeast Asia, many of which are alleged to rely on trafficked forced labor. This page covers the Strike Force's enforcement record and the broader criminal network it targets, including a 276-person, multi-country arrest operation in April 2026, a May 2026 public-private "Disruption Week," and civil forfeiture actions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars; it also covers the related, separately prosecuted case against Cambodia's Prince Group and its chairman Chen Zhi. The entries named here are the subjects of ongoing U.S. and foreign law-enforcement action and United Nations human-rights findings, not a company or product that the public could use, so the score reflects the severity of alleged criminal conduct described rather than a scam targeting investors in the Strike Force itself.
Connected Entities
14 entities · 60 linked investigations- Ethereum→mentioned with→Coinbase(60%)
- Ethereum→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
- DOJ Scam Center Strike Force / Southeast Asia Pig Butchering Network→mentioned with→Ethereum(75%)
- DOJ Scam Center Strike Force / Southeast Asia Pig Butchering Network→mentioned with→Tether(65%)
- DOJ Scam Center Strike Force / Southeast Asia Pig Butchering Network→mentioned with→Coinbase(70%)
- Chen Zhi / Prince Holding Group→mentioned with→Bitcoin(70%)
- DOJ Scam Center Strike Force — Southeast Asia Romance Fraud Network→mentioned with→DOJ Scam Center Strike Force / Southeast Asia Pig Butchering Network(85%)
- DOJ Scam Center Strike Force / Southeast Asia Pig Butchering Network→mentioned with→DOJ Global Pig Butchering Takedown — Ko Thet / Sanduo / Giant Company(75%)
- DOJ Global Pig Butchering Takedown — Ko Thet / Sanduo / Giant Company→mentioned with→Kok An / Crown Resorts / Anco Brothers(80%)
- DOJ Scam Center Strike Force / Southeast Asia Pig Butchering Network→mentioned with→Kok An / Crown Resorts / Anco Brothers(85%)
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Timeline(9 events)
14 October 2025
DOJ unseals indictment against Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi, files $15 billion bitcoin forfeiture complaint, and Treasury/UK sanction Prince Group as a transnational criminal organization.
Department of Justice12 November 2025
DOJ, FBI and Secret Service announce creation of the Scam Center Strike Force.
DecryptJanuary 2026
Cambodia's Ministry of Interior reports Chen Zhi arrested, along with two others, before being sent to China to face separate charges.
OCCRP20 February 2026
UN OHCHR publishes 'A Wicked Problem' report on trafficking into Southeast Asian cyber-scam operations.
OHCHRMarch 2026
Executive order on cyber-enabled fraud cited by DOJ as framework under which Strike Force operations proceeded.
Department of Justice / IRS Criminal InvestigationApril 2026
Strike Force announces restraint of more than $701 million in cryptocurrency, seizure of a Telegram recruitment channel, takedown of 503+ fraud websites, and charges against two Chinese nationals over an alleged Myanmar scam center.
Cointelegraph / crypto.news29 April 2026
Coordinated international operation results in at least 276 arrests and shutdown of at least nine scam centers; San Diego prosecutors charge four individuals tied to Ko Thet Company, Sanduo Group and Giant Company.
Department of JusticeMay 2026
Scam Center Strike Force holds 'U.S. & Private Industry Disruption Week' meetings (May 18-21, 2026) with tech and crypto firms, leading to disruption of millions of scam-linked accounts and $3.8 million in voluntarily frozen crypto.
Department of Justice / IRS Criminal Investigation21 July 2026
DOJ files five civil forfeiture complaints seeking about $25 million in crypto tied to romance and investment scams; cumulative Strike Force recoveries described as exceeding $800 million.
DecryptDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 decisions). 0 of 34 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
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generated: 6/15/2026, 5:49:28 PM
last updated: 10/28/2026, 12:50:01 AM
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