On January 8, footage of Prince Group’s Chen Zhi being escorted back to China was exposed. On January 7, a working group dispatched by China’s Ministry of Public Security successfully extradited Chen Zhi (Chinese national), the head of a major cross-border gambling and fraud criminal syndicate, from Phnom Penh, Cambodia back to China. Upon investigation, the Chen Zhi criminal group is suspected of operating illegal gambling establishments, fraud, illegal business operations, concealment and cover-up of criminal proceeds, and other crimes. Chen Zhi has currently been subjected to compulsory measures in accordance with law, and related cases are under further investigation. Relevant officials from China’s Ministry of Public Security stated that public security agencies will announce an arrest warrant for the first batch of key members of the Chen Zhi criminal group in the near future, and are determined to apprehend and bring all fugitives to justice. Chen Zhi, founder of the Cambodia-based telecommunications fraud criminal syndicate “Prince Group,” was born on December 16, 1987, and is from Liancheng County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China. He dropped out of school after completing second year of junior high and previously engaged in internet-related work domestically. He moved to Cambodia in 2011 to invest in real estate, obtained Cambodian citizenship through investment immigration in 2014 (subsequently renouncing Chinese citizenship), and founded Prince Holding Group in 2015, suspected of operating a large-scale transnational fraud syndicate. In mid-October 2025, the United States and United Kingdom announced prosecution of Chen Zhi and seized approximately 15 billion USD worth of Bitcoin held by him.
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On January 8, footage of Prince Group’s Chen Zhi being escorted back to China was exposed. On January 7, a working group dispatched by China’s Ministry of Public Security successfully extradited Chen Zhi (Chinese national), the head of a major cross-border gambling and fraud criminal syndicate, from Phnom Penh, Cambodia back to China. Upon investigation, the Chen Zhi criminal group is suspected of operating illegal gambling establishments, fraud, illegal business operations, concealment and cover-up of criminal proceeds, and other crimes. Chen Zhi has currently been subjected to compulsory measures in accordance with law, and related cases are under further investigation. Relevant officials from China’s Ministry of Public Security stated that public security agencies will announce an arrest warrant for the first batch of key members of the Chen Zhi criminal group in the near future, and are determined to apprehend and bring all fugitives to justice. Chen Zhi, founder of the Cambodia-based telecommunications fraud criminal syndicate “Prince Group,” was born on December 16, 1987, and is from Liancheng County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China. He dropped out of school after completing second year of junior high and previously engaged in internet-related work domestically. He moved to Cambodia in 2011 to invest in real estate, obtained Cambodian citizenship through investment immigration in 2014 (subsequently renouncing Chinese citizenship), and founded Prince Holding Group in 2015, suspected of operating a large-scale transnational fraud syndicate. In mid-October 2025, the United States and United Kingdom announced prosecution of Chen Zhi and seized approximately 15 billion USD worth of Bitcoin held by him.