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The Target List: Washington Steps Up Drive Against Mauerberger Network and Thai Elites

by Tom Wright / Sep 16, 2026

House Republican leaders have formally urged Cabinet officials to deploy U.S. sanctions against the transnational criminal pipeline moving Southeast Asian scam proceeds through regional elites like former Thai Deputy Finance Minister Vorapak Tanyawong.

Turning U.S. Courts Against the Press: Inside a $1.5B Laundering Suspect’s Secret Subpoenas

Benjamin Mauerberger Yim Leak

Turning U.S. Courts Against the Press: Inside a $1.5B Laundering Suspect’s Secret Subpoenas

by Tom Wright / Jul 2, 2026

Cambodian businessman Yim Leak has filed a sealed application in a Washington DC federal court using a powerful but little-known statute to hunt for the journalists and sources behind the investigation that exposed his $1.5 billion money laundering network.

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The Target List: Washington Steps Up Drive Against Mauerberger Network and Thai Elites

Turning U.S. Courts Against the Press: Inside a $1.5B Laundering Suspect’s Secret Subpoenas