Businessman extradited from Cambodia to China suspected of running vast online criminal empire
- Posted on January 8, 2026
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Businessman extradited from Cambodia to China suspected of running vast online criminal empire
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. On Thursday, Chen was in custody in China, at the center of what authorities at the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said was a “major achievement” in law enforcement cooperation between them and the Cambodian government. Chinese police marched Chen from a China Southern flight with a cloth cover on his head and his hands chained.