Indonesia Pig Butchering Operation (Central Java 2026)
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An international online fraud syndicate operating under the cover of PT Digi Global Konsultan in Sukoharjo District, Central Java, conducted a pig-butchering romance-and-crypto-investment scam from July 2025 to May 2026, defrauding at least 133 US citizens of approximately $2.32 million. Central Java Police arrested 39 suspects of Indonesian, Nepalese, and Myanmar nationality on May 20, 2026, in coordination with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Separately, US federal charges were filed in the Southern District of California in April 2026 against Indonesian nationals linked to related pig-butchering organizations.
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1 entitiesTimeline(8 events)
July 2025
PT Digi Global Konsultan pig-butchering syndicate begins operations in Sukoharjo and Surakarta, Central Java, targeting US victims via dating and social media platforms.
The Jakarta Post16 March 2026
Operation Atlantic, a parallel crackdown on crypto fraud by the US Secret Service, UK NCA, and Canadian authorities, freezes $12 million in stolen funds and disrupts 120+ fraudulent domains.
CryptoTimesApril 2026
US DOJ files criminal complaints in the Southern District of California charging Indonesian nationals Wiliang Awang, Andreas Chandra, and Lisa Mariam, along with Burmese national Thet Min Nyi, with wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy linked to pig-butchering organizations Ko Thet Company, Sanduo Group, and Giant Company.
US Department of Justice23 April 2026
DOJ Scam Center Strike Force charges two Chinese nationals in connection with the Shunda compound in Burma; $701.96 million in cryptocurrency restrained globally as part of coordinated enforcement wave.
CryptoTimes29 April 2026
Dubai Police arrest 275 suspects across nine scam compounds in a coordinated FBI-linked takedown; fugitive Wiliang Awang arrested by Royal Thai Police; Chandra and Mariam arrested in Dubai.
FinanceFeeds20 May 2026
Central Java Regional Police arrest 39 suspects — 28 Indonesian, 7 Nepalese, 4 Myanmar nationals — at PT Digi Global Konsultan operational sites across Sukoharjo and Surakarta districts.
The Jakarta PostJune 2026
Central Java Police hold press conference to publicly announce the bust; Cyber Investigation Directorate head Sr. Comr. Himawan Sutanto Saragih confirms 133 US victims, $2.32 million stolen, and FBI collaboration.
ANTARA News4 June 2026
International press coverage of the Central Java bust published by The Jakarta Post and The Star, prompting wider regional awareness of the operation.
The Jakarta PostDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 11 of 11 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/15/2026, 5:28:26 PM
last updated: 7/26/2026, 8:09:22 PM
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