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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Huizhong Wu

Businessman extradited from Cambodia to China suspected of running vast online criminal empire

Cambodia China Cybercrime - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day, prosecutors in the United States said — a suspected criminal mastermind and onetime internet cafe manager who authorities say presented himself as a legitimate businessman.

But in reality, they say, he ran online gambling sites, scams and other illegal businesses from a sprawling headquarters along the Cambodian coast.

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