Myanmar proposes death penalty for violent crypto scammers
Myanmar's draft bill would impose the death penalty on criminals who illegally coerce victims into crypto scam centre operations.
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China executes four more in pig butchering scam crackdown
China executed four members of the Bai crime family which operated a Myanmar scam compound enterprise that made over $4B.
China executes 11 ringleaders of pig butchering scam compound
China has executed 11 members of the Ming mafia family which oversaw the Crouching Tiger Villa scam compound in Myanmar.
China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death
China has sentenced nearly 20 people, including members of prominent mafia families, to death over pig butchering scams in recent months.
Starlink a lifeline for Myanmar scam compounds, report
The scam centers have migrated to Starlink connections after electricity and internet were cut off earlier this year, AFP reports.
Over 300 crypto scam center slaves freed after electricity shutdown
Myanmar militias that once protected these scam centers are now demanding that the Chinese gangsters running them leave their regions.
Thailand cuts power to Myanmar crypto scam center regions
Chinese abductions prompted Thailand’s government to cut off the electricity supply to crypto scam centers in Myanmar today.
1,200 slaves freed from Myanmar pig-butchering compound
Pig-butchering scams based at the Myanmar compound have reportedly raked in around $100 million in USDT over the past two years.
Single Chinese ‘pig-butchering’ operation made $100M in USDT, report
The Myanmar-based compound that houses the USDT-powered pig-butchering scam is "likely home to thousands of trafficked workers."
Exiled Myanmar gov’t asks US for $1B in frozen funds to issue crypto
The exiled government of Myanmar has asked the US Federal Reserve to release $1 billion in frozen funds to issue its own crypto.