Internet crimes and scams

72 people under probe for alleged involvement in registering SIM cards for illicit purposes

Preliminary investigations indicate that the 72 people were offered between $10 and $20 for each registered SIM card.

Cambodia approves harsh draft law targeting cyberscammers

Seized smartphones seized from a cyberscam operation centre pictured on March 11.

221 people under probe for involvement in scams with losses over $5 million

A total of 136 men and 85 women are believed to be involved in more than 1,080 cases of scams.

Scam tracker: What are the trends in Singapore and how much money has been lost in 2026?

There have been more than 2,800 cases of scams reported so far in 2025, with victims losing more than $47.4 million.

Four crime families in Myanmar in spotlight as China deepens fraud crackdown

Chinese victims rescued from illegal call center scammer operations in Myanmar being repatriated in 2025 at the Mae Sot Airport on the Thai-Myanmar in Thailand.

Two directors of Capital Asia Investments arrested over suspected money laundering offences

Capital Asia Investments had more than $160 million of assets in bank and securities accounts seized.

Second Malaysian arrested in S’pore within 2 days over scams involving handover of cash, valuables

The 38-year-old Malaysian man is believed to have used fake staff passes to dupe scam victims.

Jail for investment manager who helped criminals convert scam proceeds into cryptocurrency

On March 6, Jiang Desheng, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of assisting in transferring benefits from criminal conduct and was sentenced to five months’ jail.

How South-east Asia became home to the world’s scam farms

(FILES) This aerial photo taken on September 17, 2025 shows the KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township, as pictured from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak. China is moving against the cyberscam tycoons making fortunes in Southeast Asia, driven by mounting public pressure and Beijing's desire to keep control of judicial processes, analysts say.
In 2025, a series of crackdowns largely driven by Beijing -- which wields significant economic and diplomatic influence in the region -- saw thousands of workers released from scam centres in Myanmar and Cambodia and repatriated to their home countries, many of them to China.
Now Beijing has turned its focus to the bosses at the apex of the criminal pyramids, netting its biggest player so far with the arrest and extradition of Chen Zhi from Cambodia in January 2026. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Cambodia-China-cybercrime-diplomacy, FOCUS by Sally JENSEN

Over 9 in 10 pieces of criminal cybercontent taken down were scams: Online Criminal Harms Act Office

Online Criminal Harms Act Office director Marc E (left) and Mr Gijs Verheijke, Carousell's director of trust and customer experience, speaking to the press on Feb 19.

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