A Chinese national extradited from the Netherlands appeared in a Los Angeles federal court on Oct. 23 over his alleged role in an international cryptocurrency scam that targeted 174 U.S. citizens through scam centers in Cambodia.
Zhao Zheng, 44, who was charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in August 2025, was ordered held in custody during his court appearance and is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
“This extradition should be a lesson to all those who seek to exploit vulnerable Americans from overseas,” Assistant Attorney General Andrew Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement on Oct. 23. …