Wu learned that on November 5, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new round of sanctions targeting four individuals and 41 entities linked to the Cambodia-based Prince Group transnational criminal organization. The sanctioned individuals include Qiu Yong, Zhao Mengyao, He Yujing, and Visal Pang. Qiu Yong is accused of representing Prince Group in controlling multiple companies in the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong, while Zhao Mengyao is his personal assistant. He Yujing is the wife of Chen Bo, a Prince Group executive who was sanctioned previously; Chen Bo had transferred his Tokyo mansion into He Yujing’s name. Visal Pang controls 11 Cambodian companies. The U.S. Department of the Treasury said the sanctions aim to target Prince Group’s use of offshore companies, nominee arrangements, and affiliated businesses to conceal assets and evade previous sanctions. The United States also sanctioned Chui Kok Wa, a Malaysian national suspected of organizing a digital asset scam in Madagascar. His fraud network is accused of defrauding U.S. victims of more than $400,000.
