U.S. and U.K. Take Largest Action Ever Targeting Cybercriminal Networks in Southeast Asia

Reported by U.S. Department of the Treasury (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0278) Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in close coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took complementary actions against criminal networks […]

DOJ Seizes $15 Billion in Bitcoin as U.S. and U.K. Target Massive Southeast Asian Crypto Scam Network

Reported by Chainalysis Team (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/southeast-asia-crypto-scam-network-mining-pig-butchering-october-2025/) On October 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took action against cryptocurrency-enabled scam networks operating in Southeast […]