Department of Justice Seizes Domain Linked to Burma-Based Crypto Scam Link

US agents on Tuesday seized a web domain linked to a major fraud complex in Myanmar, the latest attempt to disrupt fraud networks that have spread across Southeast Asia.

The announcement came on the same day that a sanctioned financial conglomerate in Cambodia closed its branches in Phnom Penh and froze withdrawals under mounting pressure from US and British regulators.

According to the US Department of Justice, the domain tickmilleas.com was operated from the Tai Chang compound, also known as Casino Kosai, in Kyaukhat, and was set up to give the impression that it was a legitimate trading platform.

Scammers allegedly showed their victims fake balances and impressive-looking returns, and instructed them how to deposit money.

“Despite the fact that the seized domain was registered in early November 2025, the FBI has already identified multiple victims who used the domain over the past month and were defrauded out of their investments,” the DOJ said in a statement.

A “compound scam” refers to scam operations that run from large buildings (or complexes) where trafficked or coerced employees commit online fraud.

Officials linked the Myanmar complex to groups that were sanctioned last month for ties to Chinese organized crime and for helping build scam centers in the region.

After the FBI alerted tech platforms, Google and Apple removed related mobile apps, and Meta removed more than 2,000 associated social media accounts.

“These CIF scams, as described by the victims in the affidavit, typically begin with unsolicited contact from strangers through dating applications, social media, messaging applications and text messages,” the DOJ wrote.

“These strangers form close virtual relationships with their victim targets, convince them to make alleged investments in or use of cryptocurrency, and instruct victims on how to purchase and invest cryptocurrency using fraudulent domains and applications that appear legitimate,” it added.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Declutter.

Last year, more than 41,000 cases of cryptocurrency investment fraud were reported, with losses reaching $5.8 billion, according to the DOJ.

The domain seizure and sanctions against the Huione Group this week showed that US agencies and their partners are expanding their campaign to shut down crypto fraud in the region.

After regulators imposed sanctions on the Huione Group, a conglomerate linked to billions of dollars in illegal transactions, the organization was forced to close its doors after being removed from the global banking system in October.

According to the DOJ, prosecutors have already seized two other domains linked to the Tai Chang compound in recent weeks.

Last month, a report from the Interpol General Assembly said crypto fraud is at the heart of the growing scam industry.

“Often under the pretext of lucrative jobs abroad, victims are trafficked into complexes where they are forced to carry out illegal schemes such as voice phishing, romance scams, investment fraud and cryptocurrency scams targeting individuals around the world,” the organization said.