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【Global Fugitive Chase Shakes the Crypto World】$15 billion in Bitcoin illicit funds and 127,000 BTC confiscated—how big is this case?
Just after the New Year, a explosive news story caused a stir in the crypto community. Chen Zhi, founder of the Taizi Group, was arrested in Cambodia and deported back to China. The U.S. Department of Justice immediately labeled him as "the head of Asia's largest transnational crime organization." Even more shocking, 127,000 Bitcoin (equivalent to $15 billion) under his name was seized by the U.S. government—setting the record for the largest crypto asset confiscation in U.S. history.
You might ask, what exactly did this guy do to cause such a big fuss? Simply put, he used 76,000 fake social media accounts to run investment scams—commonly known as "pig butchering" scams. Using high returns as bait, he tricked investors worldwide, causing many people's retirement savings and medical funds to be lost entirely. On a darker note, he established 10 industrial parks in Cambodia, forcibly detaining workers to participate in scams, and refused to comply or face violence. U.S. prosecutors described it as a "modern slavery and high-tech scam hybrid."
The scale of asset freezes by multiple countries is also staggering: 19 luxury homes in London, 6 properties in Singapore, over 3.5 billion in assets across Hong Kong and Taiwan, along with 26 Rolls-Royces and Ferraris seized. This individual, who started as an internet cafe manager, built his empire w