Odaily Planet Daily reported that the U.S. Treasury Department announced that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), along with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), have launched their largest-ever action against a Southeast Asian cyber fraud ring. Comprehensive sanctions have been imposed on 146 individuals affiliated with the Prince Group's TCO, including those of Cambodia's Prince Group TCO (Chen Zhi), and the Huione Group's access to the U.S. financial system has been severed. FinCEN issued a final rule under Section 311 of the Patriot Act, designating Huione as having laundered approximately $4 billion between August 2021 and January 2025, including approximately $37 million in DPRK-related virtual currencies and approximately $36 million in investment scams. The U.S. also indicted Chen Zhi, freezing U.S. assets of the entities implicated in the case (including Prince Holding Group, Prince Bank, and Jin Bei Group) and prohibiting related transactions.
