为柬埔寨诈骗园区洗钱7360万美元：中国籍男子 Daren Li 剪断脚环潜逃后被缺席重判20年
美国联邦检察官办公室（加州中区）宣布，中国与圣基茨和尼维斯双重国籍男子 Daren Li（42岁）因参与柬埔寨诈骗园区的加密货币投资骗局洗钱，被缺席判处240个月（20年）联邦监禁，这是该罪名的法定最高刑。2026年2月，联邦地区法官 R. Gary Klausner 在洛杉矶作出判决；Li 已于2025年12月剪断电子脚环潜逃，目前仍在逃，赔偿金额将另行裁定。
Li 于2024年11月承认一项洗钱共谋罪。根据其认罪协议，诈骗园区内的同伙通过社交媒体、电话和交友软件主动接触受害者，以恋爱或专业关系取得信任，诱导对方在仿冒的加密货币交易平台上「投资」；有时则冒充客服或技术支持公司职员，以电脑中毒等虚假理由骗受害者汇款。至少7360万美元受害资金直接流入 Li 及其同伙控制的银行账户，其中至少5980万美元经美国空壳公司账户过手。Li 本人指挥同伙以空壳公司名义开设账户，监控州际与国际电汇的到账，并安排把资金转换为虚拟货币以掩盖来源。
司法部刑事司助理部长 A. Tysen Duva 表示，这一量刑反映了 Li 行为的严重性，其行为给全美受害者造成毁灭性损失，刑事司将与全球执法伙伴合作，把 Li 带回美国服满刑期。第一助理联邦检察官 Bill Essayli 提醒投资公众保持警惕，不要与网上陌生人谈钱，尤其是主动兜售投资的人。
检方表示，已有8名同伙认罪，Li 是直接经手受害资金收款环节的被告中第一个被判刑的。本案由美国特勤局全球调查行动中心主办，国土安全调查局、国土安全部与国务院外交安全局、多米尼加国家警察及美国法警局等机构提供协助。
Daren Li Sentenced in Absentia to 20 Years for Laundering $73.6 Million From Cambodia-Based Crypto Scam Centers
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced that Daren Li, 42, a dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, was sentenced in absentia to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison, the statutory maximum, for his role in laundering money for Cambodia-based cryptocurrency investment scam centers. U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner imposed the sentence in Los Angeles in February 2026. Li cut off his electronic ankle monitor and fled in December 2025 and remains a fugitive; restitution will be determined later.
Li pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to his plea agreement, co-conspirators working from scam centers contacted victims through social media, phone calls and online dating services, built romantic or professional relationships, and lured them into fraudulent cryptocurrency investments on spoofed trading platforms, or posed as customer service or tech support staff to trick victims into sending money. At least $73.6 million in victim funds was deposited into accounts associated with Li and his co-conspirators, including at least $59.8 million routed through U.S. shell companies. Li directed co-conspirators to open shell-company bank accounts, monitored incoming wire transfers, and oversaw conversion of the funds into virtual currency.
Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division said the sentence reflects the gravity of conduct that caused devastating losses to victims across the country, and that the department will work with law enforcement partners worldwide to return Li to the United States to serve his full sentence. Eight co-conspirators have pleaded guilty; Li is the first defendant directly involved in receiving victim funds to be sentenced. The U.S. Secret Service's Global Investigative Operations Center is investigating the case.
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