Online black markets once lurked in the shadows of the dark web. Today, they’ve moved onto public platforms like Telegram—and are racking up historic illicit fortunes. Now, all of that looks a bit ...

Jingliang Su, a Chinese national, faces almost four years in prison for his role in crypto fraud that relied on befriending Americans on social media, then winning their trust in order to fleece them.

The FBI just seized a record $8 billion in cryptocurrency via Operation Blackout — busting scam compounds across Asia, ...

Chinese-speaking criminal syndicates have spent nearly a decade industrializing romance-baiting fraud. They have built a cross-border ecosystem that sells scam operations as a service, according to ...

The UK government has sanctioned a network of individuals and organizations allegedly linked to scam compounds in Southeast Asia. Across Southeast Asia, scam centers are using sophisticated schemes, ...

FBI seizes $8B in crypto in global scam crackdown tied to Chen Zhi and scam compounds across Asia and Middle East networks.

The operation targeted schemes that allegedly preyed on Americans through fake investment platforms and sustained emotional manipulation, stealing millions in the process.

The Justice Department unveiled charges Thursday against two Chinese nationals allegedly behind an overseas cryptocurrency scam center, as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro ...