The government has seized $15 billion in bitcoin from an alleged cryptocurrency fraud kingpin accused of running forced labor camps in Cambodia, where prisoners were forced to run “pig-butchering” scams on victims around the world.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced the seizure Tuesday, along with an indictment against the scheme’s alleged leader, Chen Zhi, or “Vincent,” the founder and chairman of the Prince Holding Group in Cambodia. Zhi, 37, who remains at large, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.

Chen and his co-conspirators used their ill-gotten gains to buy yachts, jets, and a Picasso painting from a New York-based auction house, the feds allege.

As the feds describe it, “pig butchering” scammers contact their victims through text m

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