When the Cyber Scammer Comes Calling for You: Howard Chua-Eoan

I’ve taken both personal delight and dismay at the fall of Chen Zhi, the accused mastermind of a worldwide scammer network who is now an international fugitive. It was a dizzying ride up and now down for the 37-year old. My Bloomberg colleagues describe Chen’s alleged spoils in much detail in the wake of his US indictment: $15 billlion in Bitcoin seized by the US; $115 million in assets, including cars, expensive liquor and a yacht confiscated by Singapore authorities; an office building and other properties worth around $150 million in London; $300 million of stakes in Hong Kong-listed public companies and commercial ...