2026-11-09
On November 9, Japanese media reported that a Chinese national was arrested for illegally setting up fake base stations used for telecom fraud, which caused financial losses to Japanese citizens and Chinese tourists.
2026-11-05
On November 5, the Lao Ministry of Public Security raided a rental house in Vientiane suspected of being involved in cyber fraud and illegal online gambling, detaining 26 Chinese nationals and one Thai national, and seizing 805 mobile phones and multiple computers. A 31-year-old local female translator who attempted to bribe police for their release was also detained. Police are currently tracking down the organizers behind the operation.
Location: Myriad Phenomena, Laos ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-10-29
On October 29, Li Yuchen published a compilation of 38 past WeChat Official Account articles written by the late anti-fraud influencer “Huijian” (real name Wu Kai) before his death. None of the main texts could be opened, and 18 of them showed as “deleted by the publisher.” These articles had previously named and exposed scam compounds, companies, and specific individuals, down to the office door numbers of specific companies in KK Park. According to the second-instance judgment, Wu Kai was forced to delete the articles after being abducted.
2026-10-27
Jiemian News reported on October 27 that blogger “Hui Jian” Wu Kai, who long exposed the inside story of telecommunications fraud in northern Myanmar and Cambodia, was abducted, beaten, and killed in China in November 2024.
2026-10-25
On October 25, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security announced the progress of the investigation into a telecom fraud case at a hotel in Thanh Hoa Province, stating that 89 people had been criminally charged and detained, including 88 foreign nationals and 1 Vietnamese citizen.
2026-10-23
On October 23, a Hearthstone player posted a plea for help on the gaming community Lvfashi Camp, saying he had been kidnapped in Thailand and taken to a telecom fraud park in Myawaddy, Myanmar. The park holds about 700 to 800 people, 80 percent of whom were abducted from Thailand. His family has reported the case to the police at home and sought help from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but he has still not been rescued.
2026-10-22
Thai police launched an investigation based on leads provided by Liu, searching 3 residences in the Sai Mai district of Bangkok on October 22, apprehending 14 suspects; each person’s specific role is still under investigation.
2026-10-21
On the afternoon of October 21, Myanmar security forces arrested 99 Chinese nationals (95 men and 4 women) inside a corrugated iron factory of about 465 square meters in Monghsat Township, Eastern Shan State, seizing 13 all-in-one computers, 193 mobile phones, and two sets of Starlink equipment, accusing them of being involved in online fraud and online gambling. The Myanmar side said they would be handled according to the law after investigation.
2026-10-20
On October 20, Malaysian police raided four hotel rooms at a hotel in Raia, Malacca, arresting 14 Chinese nationals (11 men and 3 women) suspected of online investment fraud. The base had been operating since mid-September, luring Chinese citizens into fake investment projects under the guise of customer service. Police seized 28 mobile phones and 96 prepaid SIM cards at the scene.
2026-10-17
On October 17, Vietnamese police raided a hotel in Thanh Hoa Province booked by a telecom fraud ring led by Chinese nationals, detaining 118 people, including 74 Chinese citizens. The gang's equipment was shipped in from Cambodia, and they had agreed not to defraud Vietnamese people, splitting into groups to target Taiwanese women and Chinese gamblers. On October 25, authorities announced that 89 people had been criminally charged and placed in custody.
2026-10-16
According to a post by X user @jielijian citing an Al Jazeera report, secretly recorded evidence of the Chinese government and the Southeast Asia telecom fraud supply chain has been exposed. The report discloses details of Chinese Communist Party spies from Cambodia meeting in multiple locations in Guangzhou, points out that the Chinese government invested 350 million dollars in a military runway to supply the CCP military port in Djibouti, and mentions that female employees of CCP agents provided close, close-quarters protection to Xi Jinping's visiting delegation.
2026-10-14
On October 12, police in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, raided an abandoned resort and a residential building, arresting 40 suspects, 34 of whom were Chinese citizens. The gang impersonated Chinese prosecutors and police, targeting Chinese citizens through Microsoft Teams in a scam. Victims included people living in the United States, and the operation had been running for about one month.
2026-10-13
A 16-year-old Chinese netizen submitted a plea for help, saying he was in a scam park called "Ruidangni" (also known as "Xintiandi Park") on the Thailand-Myanmar border and hoped to leave and return home. The park reportedly gathers about 1,700 people, and around 2,200 including logistics staff, and is run under high-pressure security management, maintaining order through beatings, verbal abuse and corporal punishment. It engages in targeted-chat scam operations aimed at the domestic market, and is suspected of cross-border fraud and forced labor.
2026-10-09
Michael Vance, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, held direct talks with the Myanmar military junta, with both sides focusing on shutting down scam centers targeting Americans and cooperation on rare earths; Myanmar subsequently released the American businessman Castillo.
2026-10-06
On October 5, Malaysian immigration enforcement officers raided a suspected fraud center in Lembing, Pahang state, arresting 98 people, 88 of whom were Chinese nationals. The resort's owner was also detained. 120 sets of computers, 100 mobile phones, and 11 Starlink devices were seized at the scene, and the detainees were sent to Putrajaya for investigation.
2026-10-05
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California announced that Liu Binhui, a 33-year-old Chinese citizen, pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal law enforcement officer in a telecommunications fraud scheme and to conspiracy to commit money laundering, involving nearly $600,000.
2026-10-05
On October 5, CCTV aired the first episode of the documentary 'The Sword is Drawn', exposing the criminal inner workings of telecom fraud compounds in northern Myanmar, including luring victims with high-paying jobs, illegal border crossing, detention, violence, forced debt notes, trafficking between compounds, and even the harvesting of organs to pay off debts.
2026-10-05
From October 4 to 5, the gendarmerie of Sihanoukville Province, Cambodia, conducted consecutive raids on three suspected online fraud dens, arresting 31 Chinese and 16 Vietnamese nationals, and seizing more than 100 mobile phones, computers, passports and a small amount of drugs. The suspects and evidence have been handed over to the gendarmerie for investigation.
Location: Sihanoukville, Cambodia ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-10-03
On October 2, the Philippine Bureau of Immigration raided two locations in Sibuco, Zamboanga, suspected of illegal offshore gambling, detaining 244 foreign nationals, most of them Chinese. They will be deported for suspected violations of immigration laws and placed on a blacklist banning re-entry. About 3,000 mobile phones, 78 monitors and other devices were also seized at the scene. Their identities, nationalities and possible involvement in human trafficking are still under investigation.
2026-10-02
On October 2, according to the Philippine state radio station and GMA, the Philippine military conducted raids on suspected scam dens in the towns of Alicia and Siay in Zamboanga Sibugay Province, with about 200 of those checked being of Chinese nationality. About 2000 phones and multiple computers were seized at the scene. The military said there may be victims of human trafficking among them, and the authorities are investigating whether anyone was coerced or illegally recruited.
2026-10-02
On October 2, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand said it had received a request for help from the family of a missing music teacher surnamed Wang from Shanghai.
2026-10-01
On October 1, a Taiwanese netizen posted that outside the lobby of a hotel in Bangkok they witnessed a Shanghai man trembling all over, who claimed to have been trapped in his room for days and fed prohibited substances, and asked for help calling an ambulance; mainland netizens suspected he was a missing teacher surnamed Wang, but his identity has not been confirmed.
2026-09-30
On September 30, Red Star News reported that some fraud groups in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have relocated their bases after a crackdown, moving to remote mountainous areas controlled by local armed forces and continuing to openly recruit through social platforms. Sources say the reason telecom fraud cannot be stopped despite repeated bans is that the protective umbrellas have not been taken down.
2026-09-29
On September 29, police in Sihanoukville, Cambodia's Sihanoukville Province, raided a villa in Village 2, Division 3 of Sihanoukville City, arresting 34 people suspected of online fraud, including 26 Chinese nationals, as well as 5 South Koreans, 1 Malaysian, and 2 Cambodians. The suspects and physical evidence were handed over to the provincial police department for handling.
2026-09-25
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced at an international anti-fraud conference that all large-scale telecom fraud parks identified within the country have been cleared, and warned that criminal organizations may break up into smaller, dispersed dens.
2026-09-21
On September 21, Cambodian authorities led the media on an on-site visit to Scam Compound No. 8 in Prey Veng Province. Covering an area of about 120 hectares and capable of holding up to 20,000 people, the compound features office buildings, surveillance equipment, and Chinese-language workplace slogans.
2026-09-18
The Irrawaddy published an investigation on September 18, monitoring three Telegram accounts for three months starting in May and collecting 9,322 recruitment ads involving multiple areas of Kayin State, showing that telecom fraud activities are still expanding.
2026-09-15
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Select Committee Chairman Moolenaar sent a letter to the Department of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, calling for stronger sanctions on foreign personnel associated with Southeast Asian cyber scam centers.
2026-09-12
On September 12, 2026, a Phoenix reporter conducted a second on-site visit to the Osman telecom fraud park located in China. The park was originally a casino hotel, later converted into a telecom fraud center during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reporter noted that the interior of the park is divided into multiple target zones, scamming victims from many countries and regions worldwide, and the fraudsters' working hours are flexibly adjusted according to different target zones. This report reveals the formation process and operational model of the fraud park.
2026-09-09
The U.S. recently conducted operations in Madagascar to assist in destroying 13 cyber scam centers operated by Chinese nationals.
2026-09-07
The Thai military entered a scam park in Poipet, Cambodia, on the Cambodia-Thailand border, discovering a fake police station and an operating room suspected of being used for organ harvesting; currently, there is no public evidence to confirm the related allegations.
2026-09-10
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against the Singapore-based Xinbi Guarantee platform, saying it has processed approximately $24 billion in assets since 2022 and provided money laundering, victim data and other services to telecom fraud gangs in Southeast Asia and Madagascar; the sanctions order named the Prince Group and the Huione Group; the Justice Department had previously announced the freezing of $52 million in related cryptocurrency.
2026-09-10
On September 10, a Phoenix TV reporter once again visited the Osmā telecom fraud park, exposing its torture rooms for the first time. Baton-like detention tools were scattered at the scene, and multiple eyewitnesses and people who had successfully escaped confirmed that these rooms were indeed torture rooms.
2026-09
A 25-year-old Chinese man, Liu, was lured to Thailand by a "administrator" job offering a monthly salary of 80,000 baht. After arriving, he was kept under strict watch, forced to work 12 hours a day, and made to induce Chinese nationals into transferring money and maintain the backend of gambling websites.
2026-09
After Liu learned that managers were discussing relocating their base to Cambodia due to Thailand's intensified crackdown, he planned an escape from a mansion in Bangkok and submitted photos and chat records to the police for help.
2026-09
A payroll list for permanent staff at Dongguan Furong Temple for September 2026, exposed by netizens, shows that 22 out of 29 permanent staff members earn over 10,000 yuan, with the abbot alone receiving nearly 18,000 yuan. The total for the entire list is nearly 320,000 yuan.
2026-08-09
Wang Dawei is alleged to have traveled to Cambodia after being shut down in connection with gambling companies in the Philippines, where he served as a cryptocurrency supervisor for Wynn Group; the group is accused of involvement in human trafficking and 'pig-butchering' scams.
2026-08-09
The Philippine government has cracked down on and expelled gambling companies accused of violating POGO regulations, including companies related to Wang Dawei such as Shuangying Company.
2026-08-06
US Assistant Secretary of State Desombre stated at a congressional hearing that the vast majority of global scam compounds in places like Myanmar and Cambodia are dominated by Chinese transnational criminal organizations.
2026-08-05
Myanmar media The Irrawaddy published satellite comparison images: an area in Thitkate was still empty land on June 30, and by August 5 a cluster of buildings had appeared. Local residents say it is a relocated scam compound.
2026-06-26
On June 26, 2026, Xi Jinping met in Beijing with Hun Sen, president of the Cambodian People's Party, expressing willingness to establish a security partnership with Cambodia and praising Cambodia's crackdown on telecom fraud to completely eradicate the scourge of telecom fraud.
2026-06-23
The US Department of Justice took overnight action, raiding Huiwang Group's cloud servers and blocking its cryptocurrency channels.
2026-06-17
The Ministry of Public Security announced that Liu Ren, a key backbone of the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate and president of the Anhui General Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, has been escorted back to Beijing from Phnom Penh.
2026-06-10
On June 10, according to Cambodian police and local media reports, Liu Ren, president of the Cambodia Anhui Chamber of Commerce, who was suspected of cross-border money laundering, telecom and online fraud, and illegal human trafficking, was handed over by the Cambodian side to Chinese police and escorted back to China. Liu Ren was taken away by local law enforcement authorities in Phnom Penh for investigation on June 5.
2026-06-05
Cambodian police arrested Liu Ren in Phnom Penh as he was preparing to leave the country, and subsequently handed him over to Chinese public security authorities. The Ministry of Public Security announced that he is suspected of online gambling, telecom fraud, and serious violent crimes.
2026-06-04
On June 4, Indonesian immigration authorities detained 4 Chinese nationals at another residence in Semarang on suspicion of romance scams, seizing 604 mobile phones and other devices; whether the case is linked to the October case has not yet been confirmed.
2026-06
Jinbei Group founder Liu Ren was escorted from Cambodia back to Beijing by the Ministry of Public Security.
2026-04-23
The U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury and multiple other agencies jointly announced a special operation codenamed targeting scam centers, indicting Chinese criminal suspects, shutting down Telegram channels and fake websites, offering rewards for their capture and sanctioning relevant implicated individuals and entities in Myanmar's Taichang and Cambodia.
2026-04
Li Xiong, a core member of Chen Zhi's group and former chairman of the Huione Group, has been escorted back to China.
2026-02-09
On July 24, China's Ministry of Public Security announced that all 630-plus buildings in the KK Park compound in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have been demolished.
2026-01-10
On January 10, the Myanmar government announced that, as of January 9, all illegal buildings in KK Park used for online fraud and gambling activities had been completely demolished, including 148 buildings in Zone 1, 62 buildings in Zone 2, and 425 buildings in Zone 3, totaling 635 illegal structures.
2026-01-07
On January 7, 2026, a working group from the Ministry of Public Security escorted Chen Zhi, a ringleader of a cross-border gambling and fraud syndicate, back to China from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Ministry of Public Security announced the news on January 8.
2026-01
Cambodia announced the arrest of Tai Kun Chen Zi, one of the country's biggest crime bosses, who was subsequently repatriated to China, sparking a nationwide crackdown on online fraud and illegal gambling.
2026
The United States dispatched a special task force to Madagascar, sweeping up local telecom fraud gangs in one go and arresting more than 400 people; China subsequently transferred more than 30 telecom fraud ringleaders back to the country. Previously, the Chinese embassies in Indonesia and Madagascar had issued fraud prevention alerts in late May.
2026
Earlier this year, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party completed a bipartisan investigation into a network of scam centers linked to China and released a report titled “Crime, Corruption, and Power,” which states that the network defrauds Americans of at least $10 billion a year, is concentrated in Cambodia and Myanmar, and launders money through Chinese underground banking networks and shell companies.
Location: Washington, United States ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2025-11-04
On November 4, according to CCTV, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province announced the first-instance verdict in the Bai family criminal gang case: Bai Suocheng, Bai Yingcang, Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang, and Chen Guangyi were sentenced to death; Li Fushou and Li Zhide received death sentences with a reprieve; Guo Jianzheng, Pan Xian, and three others received life imprisonment; Li Longhua, Luo Wending, and six others received fixed-term sentences ranging from three to twenty years.
2024-11-30
A-Quan, a Shenzhen resident and former armed police officer, was tricked by a man speaking with a Fujian accent into going to a telecom fraud park in Myanmar in 2021. Because he refused to carry out fraud, he was subjected to physical punishment. He later escaped at night and sought help from the Chinese embassy, but received no response.
2024
Hackers obtained military surveillance footage showing North Korean dispatched personnel using VPNs near Pyongyang to carry out remote internet fraud and technical outsourcing.
2023
The UK sanctioned a company under Deng Pibing over forced labor and telecom fraud activities at the Qixinghai park.
2022-08
She Zhijiang, founder of the Yatai New City project in Myawaddy, was taken away by Thai police in Bangkok based on an Interpol Red Notice during a dinner gathering.