Cambodian police have reportedly dismantled yet one more rip-off operation, this time detaining 800 scammers working from the Xinli On line casino in southern Cambodia.
Native media stories that police found the a whole lot of scammers nestled on the 18th and nineteenth flooring of the on line casino, positioned within the coastal metropolis of Sihanoukville.
They detained 800 people whose nationalities embody Chinese language, American, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Pakistani, Indian, and Khmer nationals. Police reportedly seized 650 computer systems and 1,000 cell phones.
The newest raid provides to the nation’s tally of 200 rip-off middle busts its carried out this 12 months.
【Again at Xinli On line casino, Sihanoukville】
I’m in Sihanoukville this week for work, so I swung by the Xinli On line casino after dinner. Yesterday, authorities detained over 800 individuals in a rip-off raid on the 18th and nineteenth flooring.
Standing outdoors, it’s onerous to image that many individuals… pic.twitter.com/eXXPyca1Et
— Jacob in Cambodia 🇺🇸 🇰🇭 (@jacobincambodia) February 11, 2026
Rip-off compound reporter Jacob Daniel shared footage of the Xinli On line casino’s exterior.
The senior minister for Cambodia’s Fee for Combating On-line Scams, Chhay Sinarith, instructed the publication that 11,000 rip-off staff have been deported and 173 prime crime figures have been arrested since Cambodia started its crackdown marketing campaign late final 12 months.
Earlier this week, officers granted Reuters entry to a different compound in Kampot referred to as “My Casino.”
Round 7,000 staff reportedly fled the compound after its proprietor, on line casino tycoon Ly Kuong, was arrested final month. Police declare they weren’t ready arrest any fleeing staff.
Kampot’s Chief of Police, Mao Chanmothurith, instructed reporters that the complete province solely has 1,000 policemen and 300 army policemen and that “even with both forces combined, we still can’t stop them because there were about 6,000 to 7,000 of them.”
Footage of Ly Kuong’s compound obtained by Reuters.
These compounds are sometimes filled with trafficked victims who’re pressured to hold out cryptocurrency scams, together with so-called “pig-butchering.”
Cambodia rip-off compounds are in disarray
Final 12 months, the US indicted the alleged rip-off kingpin Chen Zhi. He runs the Prince Group and is accused of stealing billions of {dollars} from victims through a global rip-off community.
Chen was arrested final month and extradited to China, which has executed plenty of rip-off kingpins because the begin of the 12 months.
His arrest threw many rip-off compounds into disarray, forcing 1000’s of staff flee and resulting in what Amnesty Worldwide claims is a “humanitarian crisis.”
Reuters notes how Cambodia has been lax with these rip-off operations prior to now, however stepped up its enforcement after worldwide strain from the US and China.
