Scam

Vietnam police bust group planning large-scale online scam centre

Authorities say that the group rented multiple resorts, farmstays and villas

Some operators appear to be shifting from large compounds to hotels, apartment buildings and office space that can be rented quickly and abandoned just as fast.

Sri Lanka emerging as a new base for Asia’s scam networks after crackdown in Cambodia

Authorities in the South Asian island nation say they have arrested more than 1,000 people this year alone

Cambodian senator Kok An owns numerous companies, including Crown Resorts, and other properties that house scam compounds, the US Treasury Department says.

US imposes sanctions on Cambodian senator and 28 others for alleged crypto-romance scams

‘Eliminating fraud is a top priority for the Trump administration,’ says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

A police officer inspects a scam compound known as "My Casino", which police said was owned by former tycoon and casino owner Ly Kuong who was arrested on Jan 15, Kampot province, Cambodia, Feb 10, 2026.

After the raids, Asia’s billion-dollar scam trade flickers back

As bigger scam centres in Cambodia disappear, smaller ones in rural areas take their place

On Monday, Taiwan put 33 luxury cars, including Ferraris, up for auction after they were seized as part of the investigation.

Taiwan indicts 62 over suspected scam centre operator Prince Group

The transnational scam industry has emerged in South-east Asia during the pandemic

Syndicates carry out online investment fraud, romance scams and illegal gambling operations targeting victims all over the world.

Cambodia floats new law in crackdown on gangs running scam farms

Lawmakers have been discussing a separate draft cybercrime law for around a decade

The implementation directive under the Online Criminal Harms Act was issued on Jan 27.

Meta must have facial recognition measures for notable Facebook users in Singapore or risk S$1 million fine

This is to reduce scam advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages that impersonate two sets of people

Chen Zhi, who has since been extradited to China following his arrest, was accused of growing his multinational conglomerate Prince Holding Group with his top executives into "one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organisations".

Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia

The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said the country has always been determined to crack down on transnational crimes.

Cambodia to keep up crackdown on scam centres after arrest of alleged mastermind 

These scams operate from compounds that involve tens of thousands of workers, among them human trafficking victims