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by Bradley Hope
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Documents obtained by Whale Hunting reveal Benjamin Mauerberger secured an official government partnership to write Thailand's digital finance laws, create a state-backed crypto on/off-ramp, and deploy 500 operatives with government visas.
Welcome to Whale Hunting, where we follow the money behind some of the world's most brazen financial crimes and expose the networks of people who enable them.
For months, Whale Hunting has tracked Benjamin Mauerberger's $1.5 billion criminal network – from his illegal takeover of Thai investment bank Finansia X to his partnership with KuCoin, the cryptocurrency exchange that pleaded guilty to laundering $9 billion.
Documents obtained by Whale Hunting now reveal Mauerberger went further: He secured an official government partnership to write Thailand's digital finance laws, create a state-backed crypto on/off-ramp, and deploy 500 "IT specialists" who would embed his network in Thailand's financial infrastructure.
The arrangement gave a fugitive South African crime boss and his partners at a convicted money-laundering exchange direct influence over Thai policy — with backing from one of the country's most powerful political figures.
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