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.
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.
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.
