中国籍男子Zheng Zhao自荷兰引渡至洛杉矶提堂：被指参与柬埔寨加密货币诈骗，涉案逾3690万美元、174名美国人受害
美国司法部（DOJ）10月23日宣布，中国籍男子 Zheng Zhao（44岁）当天自荷兰被引渡至美国，在加州中区联邦地区法院首次出庭。他被指参与一个以柬埔寨诈骗园区为据点、专门针对美国人的国际加密货币投资诈骗网络；美国政府已确认174名美国受害者。加州中区联邦检察官办公室称，Zheng Zhao 已被法庭下令羁押，其提审定于11月30日在洛杉矶（Los Angeles）市中心的联邦法院举行。
根据法庭文件，该网络成员先通过社交媒体、电话、短信和网络交友服务主动联系美国受害者并取得信任，再向其推销虚假的数字资产投资，并把受害者引向仿冒正规加密货币交易平台的假网站。网站显示投资不断增值，实际上受害者的钱已被骗走。检方称，超过3690万美元的受害者资金从该网络控制的美国银行账户汇入巴哈马 Deltec Bank 的一个账户；Zheng Zhao 与同伙安排该银行把资金兑换成稳定币 Tether（USDT），再转入柬埔寨方面控制的数字钱包，随后由柬埔寨的同伙分发给该地区各诈骗园区的头目。
Zheng Zhao 于2025年8月被控一项共谋洗钱罪名；如罪名成立，最高可判20年联邦监禁。目前已有8名同伙认罪，其中 ShengSheng He 与 Jingliang Su 各以共谋经营无牌汇款业务罪名认罪，分别被判51个月和46个月监禁。
司法部刑事司助理部长 A. Tysen Duva 说：「这次引渡应当给所有企图从海外侵害脆弱美国人的人一个教训。」加州中区代理联邦检察官 Bill Essayli 说，犯罪已经全球化，执法追捕的能力也同样全球化。美国特勤局（USSS）刑事调查司负责人 Todd Bratz 表示，此案显示跨国犯罪网络「无处可藏」。本案由特勤局全球调查行动中心调查，国土安全调查局（HSI）、海关与边境保护局（CBP）、美国国务院外交安全局与法警局提供协助；司法部国际事务办公室与荷兰当局密切合作完成逮捕与引渡。
司法部强调，刑事指控只是指控，Zheng Zhao 在法庭证明有罪之前被推定无罪。
关联：美国起诉两名中国籍男子：被指在缅甸经营加密货币诈骗园区、专骗美国人
Chinese National Zheng Zhao Extradited From Netherlands, Arraigned in Los Angeles in $36.9M Cambodia-Based Crypto Scam Case
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 23 that Zheng Zhao, 44, a Chinese national, was arraigned in the Central District of California after being extradited from the Netherlands for his alleged role in an international cryptocurrency investment conspiracy run from scam centers in Cambodia that targeted U.S. citizens. The government has identified 174 U.S. victims. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California said Zhao was ordered detained, with his arraignment scheduled for November 30 in federal court in downtown Los Angeles.
According to court documents, members of the network first contacted U.S. victims through unsolicited social media interactions, phone calls, text messages and online dating services to gain their trust, then promoted fraudulent digital asset investments and directed victims to fake websites resembling real cryptocurrency trading platforms. The sites showed investments appreciating in value while the money had in fact been stolen. Prosecutors say more than $36.9 million in victim funds was transferred from U.S. bank accounts controlled by the conspiracy to a single account at Deltec Bank in the Bahamas, and that Zhao and others arranged for the bank to convert the funds to the stablecoin Tether (USDT) and transfer them to a digital wallet controlled in Cambodia, from which co-conspirators distributed the USDT to leaders of scam centers across the region.
Zhao was charged in August 2025 with conspiracy to commit money laundering and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted. Eight co-conspirators have pleaded guilty so far, including ShengSheng He and Jingliang Su, who each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and were sentenced to 51 months and 46 months in prison, respectively.
"This extradition should be a lesson to all those who seek to exploit vulnerable Americans from overseas," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said that as crime has globalized, so has law enforcement's ability to locate and catch criminals. Todd Bratz, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service Criminal Investigative Division, said the case shows transnational criminal networks have nowhere to hide. The case is being investigated by the Secret Service's Global Investigative Operations Center, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection, the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service and the U.S. Marshals Service; the Justice Department's Office of International Affairs worked with Dutch authorities on the arrest and extradition.
The Justice Department noted that a criminal charge is merely an allegation and that Zhao is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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图片来源：图：位于洛杉矶市中心的美国联邦法院大楼（127 S Broadway），Zheng Zhao 在此出庭（资料图）。照片：dllu，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The U.S. federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles (file photo). Photo by dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
