US Targets Scam Infrastructure With Domain Seizures and Strike Force Expansion
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Alongside new sanctions in Cambodia, the U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its “Scam Center Strike Force,” seizing a social media platform linked to human trafficking and more than 500 fraudulent web domains used in crypto scams.Officials say the coordinated effort focuses on scam hubs across Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, where organized groups run industrial-scale fraud operations targeting global victims.
Chainalysis data highlights how pig butchering scams have produced steady illicit inflows since 2020, contributing to billions in annual losses. The Treasury estimates Americans alone lost at least $10 billion in a single year to these operations.