UMVA has learned that a massive anti-scam operation, led by a tech giant and backed by top law enforcement agencies, has resulted in a stunning 63 arrests, millions of dollars in frozen cryptocurrency, and the removal of over a million scam-related online accounts.
The two-week operation, which began on May 18, brought together a coalition of major technology companies, financial platforms, and law enforcement agencies to target the broader fraud ecosystem. This effort marked the largest anti-scam operation to date for the tech giant, and the first coordinated anti-scam effort of its kind.
According to information obtained by UMVA, the operation spanned Washington, D.C., and Thailand, and included the U.S. Secret Service and law enforcement agencies from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Thailand. The effort targeted criminal scam networks that authorities say steal billions of dollars from Americans each year through romance scams, cryptocurrency investment fraud, and other fraudulent schemes.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that many of the organizations operate from forced-labor compounds in Southeast Asia, linked to transnational organized crime groups. Authorities have also warned that some people working inside Southeast Asian scam compounds are trafficking victims coerced into carrying out fraud.
The operation resulted in the removal of approximately 1.4 million scam accounts, pages, and groups from social media platforms. The Royal Thai Police arrested 63 individuals allegedly connected to scam centers, while a major cryptocurrency exchange froze more than $3 million in cryptocurrency assets tied to criminal networks.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that the effort marked the third joint operation with the Department of Justice's Scam Center Strike Force since December 2025. The scale of the operation has grown dramatically, from 59,000 scam assets removed in December to 150,000 in March and 1.4 million in the latest crackdown.
In a statement, a top executive at the tech giant said that protecting people around the world from scams is one of their highest priorities. The executive added that the operation demonstrates the power of partnerships to combat scammers and that they're proud to partner with industry and law enforcement agencies in taking this global fight directly to these Asia-based scam centers at their source.
Across all three operations, the company said it has removed more than 1.6 million scam accounts, pages, and groups and provided intelligence that helped lead to 84 arrests by the Royal Thai Police. The effort has dealt a significant blow to the scam networks, but authorities warn that the fight against scams is far from over.
