Accused money laundering leader extradited from Cambodia to China
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“Li was a former chairman of the board at Huione Pay. He is accused of being a core member of Chinese-Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi's criminal syndicate, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV.”
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“Chen was extradited to China in January and is currently detained in China.”
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— Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his roles in A Brighter Summer Day (1991), Happy Together (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Three Times (2005)…
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— Chen Zhi (Khmer: ចេន ហ្ស៊ី, Chinese: 陈志, born 16 December 1987), also known as Vincent Chen Zhi, is a Chinese-Cambodian businessman and the chairman of the Prince Group. In October 2025, he was sancti…
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— The China Zhi Gong Party (Chinese: 中国致公党; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zhìgōngdǎng; lit. 'Public Interest Party of China') is one of the eight minor non-oppositional political parties in the People's Republic of …
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“The U.S. said last October that it and the UK had taken action against Chen's Prince Group, calling it a transnational criminal empire involved in online investment scams, as well as against the Huione Group, which it accused of laundering the proceeds of such scams, as well as cyber heists conducted by North Korea.”
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— Chen Zhi (Khmer: ចេន ហ្ស៊ី, Chinese: 陈志, born 16 December 1987), also known as Vincent Chen Zhi, is a Chinese-Cambodian businessman and the chairman of the Prince Group. In October 2025, he was sancti…
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— Prince Group, officially Prince Holding Group is a company based in Cambodia. Described as "one of Cambodia's largest conglomerates", the company has interests in various sectors such as real estate (…
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“Reuters was not able to seek comment from Huione which has been dissolved.”
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— Huione Group (Khmer: ហួយវ័ន គ្រុប, Chinese: 汇旺集团, romanized: Huìwàng jítuán) is a Cambodian financial conglomerate, headquartered in Phnom Penh. Some of its products and subsidiaries include Huione Pa…
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— Hun To (Khmer: ហ៊ុន តូ) is a Cambodian businessman. He is a cousin of Prime Minister Hun Manet and a nephew of former prime minister Hun Sen. He has been identified as one of the directors of Huione P…
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— A pig-butchering scam is a form of online relationship and investment fraud in which perpetrators cultivate fake romantic or social relationships with victims before persuading them to invest money, o…
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“The Huione Group allegedly laundered at least $4 billion worth of illicit proceeds between August 2021 and January 2025, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.”
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“China sent experts to Cambodia to help with the investigation, which led to the arrest, Cambodian government spokesperson Touch Sokhak told Reuters.”
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“Mao Ning, China's foreign ministry spokesperson, told a regular news conference that China would continue to cooperate with Cambodia on combatting cross-border telecoms fraud.”
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