Chen Zhi is charged with turning his business into a front for fraud hubs that stole from people around the world.
Cambodia Extradites Chair of Alleged ‘Criminal’ Conglomerate to China
Chen Zhi is chairman of the Prince Group, a sprawling Cambodian conglomerate the U.S. has accused of involvement in major online scam operations. He has been sent to China to face charges.
Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Cambodia
Chen founded multinational conglomerate Prince Group that US says is front for multibillion-dollar fraud operation
Who are Chen Zhi and the Prince Group, accused by the US and UK of large-scale scam operations?
US treasury department has sanctioned Chinese-born Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi – alleged mastermind of a cyber-crime empire in south-east Asia
Why Cambodia deported scam boss Chen Zhi to China, not the US
On January 7, Cambodian authorities announced they had detained and deported Chen Zhi, founder and former chairman of Prince Group, a multinational
Cambodia Extradites Another Associate of Alleged ‘Criminal’ Conglomerate to China
Chinese state media reported the extradition of Li Xiong from Cambodia, alleging he is a “core backbone member” of the Prince Group. The Cambodia-based conglomerate has been accused of involvement in cyber-scams and human trafficking.
‘Industrial-scale scams’ and a state allegedly ‘co-opted’: What the rise and fall of the Prince group means for Cambodia
Indictment and arrest of Prince Group founder Chen Zhi has sparked questions about scam industry’s alleged ties to political elite, and integrity of government crackdown
Alleged Member of ‘Notorious’ Cambodian Scam Network Bought Luxury Dubai Properties
Zhu Zhongbiao was already wanted in China on charges related to money laundering. He’s now been sanctioned by both the U.K. and U.S. in their largest ever joint action to target a multi-billion online scam network based in Cambodia.
Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia
The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data
Cambodia's alleged scam group execs suspected of money laundering in Japan
Two senior executives of Prince Holding Group, a Cambodian conglomerate accused of being one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organizations, purchased luxury real estate in and around Tokyo in a possible money-laundering scheme, sources familiar with the matter said and official property records showed Thursday.
Chairman of Prince Group Indicted for Operating Cambodian Forced Labor
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Cambodian national Chen Zhi, also known as Vincent, 37, the founder and chairman of Prince Holding Group (Prince Group), a multinational business conglomerate based in Cambodia, with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy for directing Prince Group’s operation of forced-labor scam
Multiple Identities Reveal Ties Between Chinese Businessman and Alleged Cambodian ‘Criminal’ Conglomerate
The U.S. sanctioned “Chen Xiao’er” for his partnership in one firm with the head of a Cambodian corporate group that allegedly ran cyber-scam operations. Reporters have now uncovered his other identities — and they show deeper connections to the conglomerate.
Executive at Alleged Cambodian ‘Criminal’ Conglomerate Bought Tokyo Mansion
Chen Bo was listed as an officer in nine sanctioned Prince Group companies. He purchased a Tokyo property just before the U.S. and U.K. imposed sanctions, alleging the Cambodian conglomerate was behind massive cyber fraud.
Sold to gangs, forced to run online scams: inside Cambodia’s cybercrime crisis
Thousands of people from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand have been tricked into slavery and are unable to leave a ‘living hell’
Cambodia-based scam group on U.S. sanctions list running 3 firms in Japan
A Cambodia-based Chinese firm on a U.S. sanctions list for its involvement in international fraud and human trafficking has established at least three affiliated companies in Japan since 2022, testimonies from involved individuals and documents obtained by Kyodo News showed Sunday.
Part I: Chinese courts go after ‘notorious’ Cambodian conglomerate
Under Cambodian patronage, the Prince Group netted billions; Chinese courts accuse it of massive money laundering.
They traveled to Thailand. They wound up cyber scam slaves in Myanmar.
A multibillion-dollar fraud industry has taken root across Southeast Asia, fueled partly by trafficking victims. In lawless zones along the Myanmar-Thai border, Chinese-run compounds force thousands to scam strangers online under threat of violence. Thailand has become a key transit hub, Reuters found.
