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U.S. Sanctions Cambodian Conglomerate, Citing Role in 'Pig-Butchering' Scams

https://www.wsj.com/business/u-s-sanctions-cambodian-conglomerate-citing-role-in-pig-butchering-scams-0cf2e0ff
53•paulpauper•3h ago

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Dachande663•1h ago
https://archive.is/2025.10.14-150019/https://www.wsj.com/bus...
kenjackson•1h ago
From this article they got $15B (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/bitcoin-doj-chen-zhi-pig-but...). At what point do you say, "That's enough money?" Did they think the scam was going to go on forever?
mothballed•1h ago
I'm not sure if one can merely walk away from a criminal enterprise of that size. As soon as you stop paying certain people you end up in a cage, and unless the stream of money is constant there is no reason to just not reneg on all prior agreements and go in a cage for stuff you already paid authorities off for.
JumpCrisscross•38m ago
> As soon as you stop paying certain people you end up in a cage

You end up dead because your co-conspirators don't want to end up in a cage.

dgfitz•34m ago
So the whole crypto anonymity thing isn’t actually real? As it turns out, tracing people is still easier than tracing money? Decentralized economies are run by criminal enterprises?! We aren’t safe!?!

Wonder how this whole concept overlays onto LLMs, with a lot more money on the line and a lot less regulation.

verteu•21m ago
At that scale, you have massive influence within the Cambodian government, so you're not worried about "getting caught" in the traditional sense.
Wingman4l7•1h ago
Long overdue. At some point, these scam operations are so large that they have to be operating with tacit approval of their host countries, who have been given no incentive to stop the virtual cold war against the personal finances of foreign citizenry that is bringing in millions of dollars into their economy.
JumpCrisscross•36m ago
> the virtual cold war against the personal finances of foreign citizenry

Comparing a scam to war is dishonest. The Cold War was a war running cold with the potential to go hot. Cambodia and America are not going to war over this.

greenchair•14m ago
that's a pretty naive view of war. we are at war with many countries all the time, most of it is cold.
Animats•58m ago
DOJ press release.[1] DOJ claims custody of US$15 billion in Bitcoin. "Largest forfeiture action in the history of the Department of Justice."

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chairman-prince-group-indicte...

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