The United States has filed criminal charges against two Chinese nationals accused of running a scam compound in Myanmar where trafficked workers were allegedly forced to carry out cryptocurrency investment fraud targeting Americans, the US Justice Department said on Friday.
The Justice Department identified the suspects as Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie, and said both were charged with wire fraud conspiracy in connection with operations at the Shunda compound in Min Let Pan, Myanmar, and an attempted expansion into Cambodia.
In a virtual news briefing, Jeanine Ferris Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, said the men are being held in Thailand on immigration charges after Thai authorities arrested them earlier this year. US prosecutors are seeking their extradition to Washington for trial under a treaty between the two countries.
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