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FBI claims $15 billion in seized assets as global scam center crackdown widens across Southeast Asia

7/28/2026

Against the backdrop of tightening cross-border law enforcement coordination, the scale of industrial fraud flowing through Southeast Asia's scam compound network has drawn what U.S.

authorities describe as a historic offensive.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has now opened more than 30 cases, pursued or helped restrain assets valued at more than $15 billion, and helped drive hundreds of arrests in a campaign spanning at least six nations.

Operation Sand Dollar and the compound economics The most recent headline operation came in April.

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