A new Whale Hunting investigation has found that Sam Altman's controversial AI company, Tools for Humanity, unwittingly became entangled with a criminal "dirty money" network tied to Chinese scam centers in Cambodia.
Behind the yachts and private jets of the $1.5 billion Mauerberger network, a vast criminal enterprise traffics foreign nationals into Cambodian scam centers to steal billions from US victims.
For the last several months, we've been tracking a $1.5 billion criminal enterprise that spans from Cambodian scam centers to Thai boardrooms to New York penthouses. This investigation reveals how dirty money flows through Southeast Asia's financial system with the protection of political elites.
Yesterday, we received a cease and desist letter from KuCoin's legal team demanding we remove our investigation into their alleged role in a $1.5 billion money laundering network tied to former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. We stand by our reporting and won't be intimidated.
A criminal network connected to disgraced crypto firm KuCoin and a Thai political dynasty is moving hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money across Southeast Asia, and U.S. law enforcement wants to stop it.
Inside the $1.5B shadow empire: How convicted criminal Benjamin Mauerberger became the financial fixer for Thailand's Shinawatra dynasty, operating from Cambodia's crime hubs to Manhattan penthouses—and why the US is watching closely.
The criminal South African fixer for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is at the center of a web of front companies across Asia. This network has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy up stakes in prominent Thai firms, raising questions about the source of funds.
