The actions, announced Thursday by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva, are part of a broader whole-of-government strategy to disrupt cryptocurrency investment fraud and human trafficking schemes that have cost American victims billions of dollars.
The Strike Force unsealed criminal complaints and arrest warrants against two Chinese nationals, Huang Xingshan (also known as “Ah Zhe”) and Jiang Wen Jie (also known as “Jiang Nan”), who managed the Shunda cryptocurrency investment fraud compound in Min Let Pan, Burma. They are charged with wire fraud conspiracy.
According to the Justice Department, the Shunda compound operated from at least January 2025 until it was seized by the Karen National Liberation Army in November 2025. The facility trafficked individuals who were held against their will and forced to defraud victims under the threat of violence.
Huang served as a high-level manager and enforcer who personally participated in the physical punishment of trafficked workers. Jiang served as a team leader supervising workers who specifically targeted American victims, including one individual who successfully defrauded an American of over $3 million.
In addition to the charges, the Strike Force conducted a first-of-its-kind seizure of a Telegram channel with more than 6,000 followers used to recruit individuals for a scam compound in Cambodia. The channel lured workers with promises of high-paying employment, only to force them into a law enforcement impersonation scheme targeting U.S. persons.
The Strike Force also announced the seizure of 503 .com web domains identified through the FBI and U.S. Secret Service’s Operation Level Up initiative. These domains were disguised as legitimate investment platforms, causing victims to unknowingly deposit cryptocurrency funds and view supposed returns.
The Justice Department noted that more than $701,962,392.15 in cryptocurrency has been identified as allegedly involved in laundering funds stolen from victims of cryptocurrency investment fraud and restrained through voluntary actions of providers and U.S. legal process.
In a coordinated interagency action, the Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against Cambodian Senator Kok An and businessman Rithy Raksmei for their roles in perpetrating cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes using forced labor and violence. The Department of State also announced rewards for information leading to the seizure or recovery of proceeds related to the Tai Chang scam center in Burma.
The Scam Center Strike Force was officially launched by U.S. Attorney Pirro in November 2025 to address the growing threat posed by Chinese organized crime syndicates operating scam centers primarily in Southeast Asia. The Strike Force’s founding partners include the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, the FBI, and the U.S. Secret Service.