pig butchering: Cambodia extradites suspected crypto scam boss Chen Zhi to China
Source: Deutsche Welle and agencies
Cambodia extradites suspected crypto scam boss to China
Chen Zhi is accused of running scam centers that used forced labor to target victims worldwide. Cambodia handed him over to China after months of international pressure.
Farah Bahgat with AP, AFP
4 hours ago
Chinese authorities on Thursday confirmed that Cambodia had extradited a tycoon accused of running a massive online scam operation.
Chinese-born Chen Zhi is chairman of Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia's largest conglomerates that the US says has served as a front for "one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organizations."
The US had indicted and sanctioned him in October on fraud and money-laundering charges over running a multibillion-dollar cyberscam network from Cambodia.
Cambodia said on Wednesday it arrested him and two other Chinese nationals and extradited them to China.
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