Two Chinese nationals have been charged in the United States for allegedly managing a sprawling compound in Myanmar where workers were coerced into participating in cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes, according to court records unsealed Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Charges and Allegations
A federal complaint charges Huang Xing Shan and Jiang Wen Jie with wire fraud conspiracy. The pair are accused of overseeing the industrial-scale Shunda Park compound in the village of Min Let Pan, which was seized by armed forces in Myanmar in November 2025. The compound is one of many cyberscam centers that have proliferated near Myanmar’s border with Thailand, persisting despite a pledge by Myanmar’s military leadership to eradicate them, as reported by The Associated Press.
Both suspects are currently in government custody in Thailand on charges of illegal entry into the country. According to the court filing, they had relocated to another scam compound in Cambodia before being arrested by Thai authorities on immigration charges earlier this year. It remains unclear when they might be extradited to the United States for prosecution.
FBI Investigation
FBI agents reviewed thousands of electronic devices seized from the Shunda compound and interviewed former workers. The scammers posed as law enforcement or bank officials, using fraudulent websites disguised as legitimate investment platforms to deceive victims worldwide into sending cryptocurrency, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who announced the charges at a news conference in Washington, described this type of scam as one of the fastest-growing and most financially devastating forms of cybercrime, costing Americans billions of dollars. “This isn’t abstract. It is hitting your neighbors’, your friends’, and your parents’ retirement accounts,” Pirro said. “Some of these victims are so distraught that they end up taking their own lives. This is economic homicide.”
Worker Exploitation
Compound workers told the FBI that they were held against their will and forced to participate in the scams under threat of violence. “The criminal syndicates behind these compounds often lure unsuspecting persons to travel to nearby Thailand with the offer of high-paying technical jobs. However, many of these persons instead have their identification documents seized and are trafficked to (Myanmar) to work in these scam compounds,” the FBI affidavit states.
Online court records do not list attorneys for Huang or Jiang. Pirro also announced Thursday that authorities have dismantled hundreds of scam-related websites and seized a Telegram channel used to recruit human trafficking victims for a compound in Cambodia. “These criminals thought they were untouchable because they were overseas,” Pirro said. “Today, we are proving them wrong, and we are just getting started.”
