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( NewsNation ) — The Department of Justice says it has seized the most money its ever recovered in one action in targeting an alleged Colombian scammer.

The department says it took $15 billion worth of bitcoin from an operation run by Chen Zhi, 37, who they say also goes by Vincent. Zhi has not been taken into custody.

Zhi runs the Prince Group organization in Colombia, and the department alleges the company operated in 30 countries as a real estate and financial company in the light and a crime syndicate in the dark.

Prince Group allegedly forced an untold number of employees to contact unwitting victims electronically with promises t

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