The U.S. government is actively investigating Benjamin Mauerberger — the South African fraudster at the heart of our $1.5 billion money laundering investigation — for his role in the "pig butchering" scams that steal Americans' life savings.
Welcome to Whale Hunting, where we follow the money from Southeast Asian scam centers to Manhattan penthouses, exposing the criminal networks that cost Americans billions each year.
Today we have a gobsmacking scoop: The U.S. government is actively investigating Benjamin Mauerberger — the South African fraudster at the heart of our $1.5 billion money laundering investigation — for his role in the "pig butchering" scams that steal Americans' life savings.
While Thai officials threaten us with billion-baht lawsuits and Interpol Red Notices for exposing this network, Homeland Security Investigations has been quietly building a case against the man who bought a $60 million private jet for a former prime minister with dirty money. Mauerberger has fled Thailand on his private jet, sources tell us, as the walls close in.
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This article is part of Whale Hunting, an ongoing investigation into a $1.5 billion money laundering network operating across Southeast Asia with connections to Thailand's political elite.
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