The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said the Scam Center Strike Force had restrained about $938 million by Sept. 9, as it targeted funds linked to alleged scam services and money laundering.
The department said a roughly $52 million restraint that day brought the total to about $938 million. The DOJ said the $52 million restrained that day came from Xinbi and its vendor network. A seizure warrant alleged that vendors on Xinbi offered scam-center operators services including laundering money obtained from victims.
The DOJ said returning stolen funds to victims was a focus of the effort. The $938 million figure refers to restrained funds; the department did not announce that this amount had been repaid.
In April, the department announced the seizure of 503 websites that posed as investment platforms. The Strike Force’s Sept. 9 total followed that earlier enforcement action, covered in earlier coverage of the Sept. 9 restraint total.
Executive Order 14390, issued March 6, 2026, directed the attorney general to prioritize cyber-enabled fraud prosecutions and pursue the most serious, provable offenses. It also ordered officials to prepare a plan targeting transnational criminal organizations involved in cybercrime and directed the attorney general to recommend whether to establish a victim-restoration program using funds clawed back, forfeited or seized. The order set 60-, 90- and 120-day deadlines, all of which had passed by Oct. 22.
