Scam Kingpin Chen Zi

Zi's tumultuous journey from a fugitive to kingpin

4.7 (20)

47 mins

Discover Chen Zi's transformation from a crypto hustler evading Chinese hacks into a Sihanoukville scam lord, building compounds that trap workers in pig-butchering frauds behind barbed wire. Witness Operation Shadow Prince's raid seize $15 billion in Bitcoin, freeing victims and crumbling his glittering facade across Cambodia and global havens.

Ep 1:

The Fifteen Billion Dollar Fugitive

A record-shattering FBI Bitcoin seizure unravels the hidden past of Chen Zi, a Fujian hacker turned Cambodian fugitive who survived a brutal kidnapping and vowed to become untouchable.

Ep 2:

Inside the Prison That Sold Dreams

Chen Zi transforms a fugitive's fortune into a gleaming business empire, hiding a 'technology park' that's really a trafficking prison fueling brutal pig-butchering scams worldwide.

Ep 3:

The Mansion Bought With Blood Money

Behind shell companies and a mysterious man in public housing, Chen Zi launders fraud money through Hong Kong mansions and a jaw-dropping billion-dollar cigar empire heist.

Ep 4:

Chinatown: A City Built on Cages

Sihanoukville's collapsed casino economy morphs into a sprawling fraud fortress, where caged balconies and gilded gates hide an empire laundering billions across the globe.

Ep 5:

Shadow Prince: The Empire Falls

A single informant cracks open Chen Zi's empire, triggering Operation Shadow Prince—a historic global takedown seizing billions and freeing trafficked victims from hidden compounds.

Ep 6:

The Phantom Who Vanished

Even after losing his fortune, Chen Zi disappears into Asia's shadows, leaving investigators chasing digital ghosts while his case exposes corruption enabling his rise.

Ep 7:

The Empire's Unfinished Ending

With Chen Zi still at large, his criminal blueprint spreads across Southeast Asia, leaving victims multiplying and the fight against his phantom empire unfinished.

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