U.N. Data Shows Southeast Asian Scam Networks Cost $114 Billion In Crypto Fraud In 2025
A United Nations report found that Southeast Asian scam networks caused up to $114.1 billion in financial losses in 2025, with the majority of the fraud tied to cryptocurrency.
The data highlights the consolidation of regional criminal syndicates into a unified service economy, emphasizing the growing reliance on digital currency platforms to process illicit revenue.
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@businessSoutheast Asia’s once-fragmented criminal syndicates are merging into a single, industrial-scale service economy with shared financial infrastructure, to evade law enforcement and grow globally, according to the United Nations
@reutersScam gangs defrauded Asia-Pacific residents of at least $88 billion in 2025, a United Nations office said, with transnational crime groups rapidly evolving tactics to stay ahead of law enforcement
@cointelegraph🚨 ALERT: Southeast Asian scam networks caused up to $114.1B in losses in 2025, much of it linked to crypto fraud, per UN report.
@decryptmediaSoutheast Asian Scam Networks Cost Victims Up to $114B in a Year: UN