BANGKOK — Prosecutors in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets belonging to a Cambodian businessman whom the U.S. accuses of heading a global scam syndicate.
It's the latest in a string of investigations and asset seizures that began when American prosecutors charged Chen Zhi, the founder of Cambodia's Prince Holding Group, with running a large-scale cyber-scam network whose operations span countries including the U.S., the U.K. and Palau.
U.S. authorities charged Chen with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in an indictment revealed Oct. 14, alongside a massive seizure of crypto assets that included some $14 billion in bitcoin. The U.S. and U.K. government also announced joint sanctions against Chen and his collaborators, as

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