FinCEN liên kết 12,7 tỷ USD hoạt động đáng ngờ với các vụ lừa đảo tiền điện tử ở Đông Nam Á

The Huoxing Finance report states that on Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released an analysis and alert linking approximately $12.7 billion in suspicious financial activities to cryptocurrency investment scams operated by Southeast Asian industrial parks. Around 13,000 institutions submitted 33,904 Suspicious Activity Reports covering the period from September 2023 to December 2025. Money service businesses dominated by crypto companies filed 55% of the reports, involving $5.5 billion; banks filed 41%, involving $6.4 billion; and securities institutions accounted for the remaining $784.5 million. The number of reports grew at an average monthly rate of 10.9%, while the associated amount increased by 18%. Scammers utilized at least 22 digital assets, with Ethereum, USDT, and USDC being the most common. On-chain analysis revealed that regardless of the initial asset purchased by victims, funds were almost always converted into stablecoins—nearly all into USDT—and then transferred via DeFi protocols or exchanges outside the United States. Scammers also reused收款 addresses across multiple victims, a pattern that enabled some institutions to identify the scheme. The report indicated that approximately 25% of victims were elderly, consistent with the proportion of the U.S. population aged 60 and above at 24.4%, leading FinCEN to conclude that the elderly were not disproportionately targeted. The FBI reported that Americans aged 60 and above lost $4.8 billion to scams in 2024. These parks are primarily located in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, and U.S. authorities have seized over $25 million in funds related to these scams this year.