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China offers leniency if cronies of accused scam boss Chen Zhi surrender
Channel News Asia ^ | 15 Jan 2026

Posted on 01/15/2026 10:23:05 AM PST by nickcarraway

Criminal associates of Chen Zhi who surrender before Feb 15 and "truthfully confess their crimes" could be eligible for "lighter or reduced sentences", China's Ministry of Public Security said.

China called on Thursday (Jan 15) for criminal associates of accused scam boss Chen Zhi to surrender voluntarily in return for lighter sentences, after their alleged ringleader was extradited from Cambodia.

Chen has been indicted by the United States on fraud and money-laundering charges for allegedly running a multibillion-dollar cyberscam network from Cambodia.

Beijing has also called Chen "the ringleader of a major cross-border gambling and fraud criminal syndicate", and Cambodia deported him to China last week.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cambodia; chenzhi; china; cybersecurity; scammer; xijinpng

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1 posted on 01/15/2026 10:23:05 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

OK, all of you FReepers who are Criminal associates of Chen Zhi had better surrender before Feb 15… or else.


2 posted on 01/15/2026 10:56:08 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: House Atreides

“Lighter” means they won’t bill their families for he bullets.

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3 posted on 01/15/2026 10:57:44 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.s)
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To: nickcarraway

So it will just be a life of slave labor, then.


4 posted on 01/15/2026 12:20:20 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: Lurker

They’ll only take one kidney.


5 posted on 01/15/2026 12:21:34 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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