Jingliang Su
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Jingliang Su is a Chinese national who pleaded guilty in June 2025 and was sentenced on January 27, 2026 to 46 months in federal prison for conspiracy to operate an illegal money transmitting business. Federal prosecutors in the Central District of California established that Su laundered more than $36.9 million in proceeds from Cambodia-based digital asset investment fraud — commonly characterized as 'pig butchering' — that targeted 174 American victims. Su was one of at least nine co-conspirators convicted in connection with the scheme, which routed victim funds through a Bahamas bank account and converted them to Tether (USDT) stablecoin before transferring them to Cambodia.
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Timeline(13 events)
1 April 2021
The digital asset wallet linked to the Axis Digital and GTAL Cambodia Deltec accounts begins processing victim funds. Prosecutors later established the wallet processed over $340 million from multiple sources between April 2021 and June 2023.
DOJ OPA Press Release1 August 2021
Deltec Bank opens an account for GTAL Cambodia, Ltd. The account subsequently moves more than $34.3 million connected to pig butchering fraud proceeds.
Reporter.London investigation1 June 2022
The Axis Digital Limited account at Deltec Bank begins receiving victim funds transferred from U.S. shell company bank accounts. Jingliang Su is serving as a director of Axis Digital.
DOJ USAO-CDCA Press Release1 July 2022
Axis Digital co-founders Jose Somarriba and ShengSheng He travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to meet with co-conspirators regarding operations of the Deltec account and subsequent USDT transfers.
Reporter.London investigation1 June 2023
The Axis Digital Deltec account ceases processing victim funds. By this date at least $36.9 million has been received, converted to USDT, and transferred to Cambodia-controlled wallets.
DOJ USAO-CDCA Press Release1 April 2024
Daren Li, a senior co-conspirator in the broader network, is arrested by U.S. authorities. A federal grand jury in the Central District of California indicts Li and Yicheng Zhang on conspiracy to commit money laundering and six substantive international money laundering counts.
DOJ Archives: Two Foreign Nationals Arrested9 June 2025
Jingliang Su pleads guilty to one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal money transmitting business in the Central District of California.
U.S. Secret Service Press Release1 November 2025
DOJ, FBI, Treasury, and Secret Service establish the Scam Center Strike Force to coordinate enforcement against Southeast Asian crypto fraud networks.
DOJ USAO-DC Press Release27 January 2026
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner sentences Jingliang Su to 46 months in federal prison and orders $26,867,242.44 in restitution. Three years of supervised release also imposed.
DOJ OPA Press Release10 February 2026
Daren Li is sentenced in absentia to 20 years in federal prison for laundering approximately $74 million across the broader Cambodia scam network. Li had fled before sentencing.
CoinDesk1 May 2026
The Scam Center Strike Force announces cumulative results: 276 arrests globally, nine scam centers shut down, over $701 million in cryptocurrency seized, and 503 fraudulent investment websites taken down.
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 18 of 18 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
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generated: 9/26/2026, 12:06:15 PM
last updated: 9/26/2026, 1:10:50 PM
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