U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro outlined new enforcement actions targeting transnational criminal organizations accused of orchestrating large-scale scams against Americans, describing recent charges, seizures, and financial recoveries tied to operations overseas.

Pirro said the effort is part of a broader coordinated campaign aimed at disrupting networks responsible for fraud schemes.

“They are driving a coordinated campaign to disrupt as well as impose consequences on the transnational criminal organizations that run and are behind these schemes,” she said.

She added that authorities are beginning to see measurable results from that approach.

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“Today, we announced significant milestones in that fight,” Pirro said, as she detailed actions taken against individuals and infrastructure tied to the operations.

According to Pirro, federal authorities have brought charges against individuals linked to a major scam compound in Southeast Asia.

“We have charged Chinese bosses who ran a scam compound in Burma where 1000s were trafficked, enslaved, beaten and then forced to steal from Americans,” she said.

Pirro described the compound as part of a network in which victims were compelled to carry out fraud targeting U.S. citizens.

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In addition to the charges, Pirro said authorities have disrupted communications channels used to recruit and control workers involved in the schemes.

“For years, we have seized also a telegram channel,” she said.

She explained that the channel was used to lure individuals into fraudulent operations.

“And that channel was luring workers into a forced compound in Cambodia,” Pirro said.

She added that individuals brought into the compound were instructed to impersonate American institutions.

“There, they were ordered to pose as US banks, as the New York City Police Department to steal Americans life savings,” Pirro said.

Pirro said enforcement efforts have also targeted the digital infrastructure supporting the scams.

“We have taken down more than 500 websites they were used to steal Americans life savings,” she said.

She indicated that these sites were part of coordinated attempts to defraud victims through impersonation and deception.

Financial recovery efforts have also been a focus of the investigation.

“My office is going to continue to work to identify the funds stolen,” Pirro said.

She added that authorities have already taken action to prevent further losses. “We have also restrained more than 700 million in crypto currency from us victims of fraud,” Pirro said.

Pirro said the work is ongoing and tied to broader federal priorities.

“The administration of President Trump is lockstep in combating these scams,” she said.

She added, “and we are just getting started.”

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