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How a $15 Billion Fujian Scam Empire That Preyed on Americans Bought Protection Inside China’s Security State

WASHINGTON — When United States prosecutors moved last October to seize roughly 127,271 bitcoin — about $15 billion, the largest forfeiture in American history — the headlines fixed on the number. But The Bureau’s investigation into Chinese-run Cambodian scam compounds — operations that prey on Western citizens — finds something more explosive buried in hundreds of case records.

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