The FBI just hosted our first-ever Scam Center Summit in Thailand, bringing together representatives from nearly 20 countries and hundreds of law enforcement officials to strengthen the global fight against transnational scam networks.
This continues the most aggressive campaign in Bureau history to dismantle criminal organizations targeting Americans.
In just 16 months, FBI-led OPERATION BLACKOUT has delivered:
• $15.2 BILLION seized
• Hundreds of criminals arrested
• Dozens of scam centers dismantled
• Multiple human trafficking compounds eliminated
Major operations include:
Operation Zephyr Exodus — The takedown of the Prince Group in Cambodia, resulting in the seizure of a record 127,000 Bitcoin (worth approximately $15 billion at the time), the largest seizure in U.S. history.
Operation Sand Dollar — The largest FBI-led scam center takedown in history: 9 scam compounds dismantled, more than 300 arrests, $300 million seized, thousands of electronic devices seized, and thousands of trafficked workers freed through a joint operation with the Dubai Police and China’s Ministry of Public Security.
Operation Compound Fracture — Domains and malicious apps seized, plus a $10 million reward offered for information on the Tai Chang scam compound.
Shunda Compound Takedown — Joint FBI-Thai operation that led to arrests, disrupted a network responsible for hundreds of millions in victim losses, and included the first-ever seizure of a Telegram channel.
This is what taking the fight directly to transnational criminal organizations looks like.