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ASEAN Business

US ‘Strike Force’ to combat scam centres in South-east Asia

Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the police.
Singapore

2 Singaporean men deported from Thailand, Cambodia to be charged with alleged scam-related offences

Chinese businessman She Zhijiang (C) is escorted by Royal Thai Police out of the Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station in Bangkok on November 12, 2025, before being extradited to China. A Chinese tycoon linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on November 12, a police official in Bangkok told AFP. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
International

Thailand hands over casino kingpin She Zhijiang to China in scam crackdown

Authorities allege Prince Group’s founder Chen Zhi was running a transnational criminal organisation.
International

Cambodia’s Prince Group denies link to scams after asset seizures

(From left) Malaysian national Seng Hok Ling and Chinese national Qian Zhimin, alias Zhang Yadi, were convicted for their roles in a multi billion-dollar Bitcoin fraud.
International

UK court jails Chinese ‘cryptoqueen’ scammer for over 11 years

She Zhijiang has been in a detention in Thailand since 2022, fighting an extradition request from Beijing over his mega projects and gambling ventures in Shwe Kokko, Myanmar.
International

Thai court to extradite scam hub tycoon She Zhijiang to China

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International

He allegedly stole billions from scam victims. His own family office chief stole from him

he return of the physical token brings back memories of the pocket bulge of the early 2000s, when banks here issued a similar device with a number pad for generating OTPs
Singapore

Phishing for trouble: The returning physical bank token is no silver bullet

At the IPS-Nathan Lecture on Nov 3, 2025, Piyush Gupta argued that the shift to a digital economy necessitates a reconfiguration of the current framework, processes and mindset. The structural shift will involve the entire ecosystem. PHOTO: IPS
Opinion & Features

Scams, exclusion: Piyush Gupta on risks of digital finance

Motorists in Phnom Penh ride past a branch of Prince Bank, a commercial bank under Prince Holding Group. US authorities describe the conglomerate as one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organisations.
ASEAN Business

US sanctions three Singaporeans in global fraud takedown tied to Cambodian scam empire

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