The N.B.A. player has been charged in federal court with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy.

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Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.

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A court in the Philippines convicted Alice Guo for trafficking people to a compound that officials have linked to online scams and organized crime.

China and the United States say She Zhijiang, a Chinese-born businessman, ran a major scam compound in Myanmar. He was arrested in Bangkok in 2022.

Zhi Dong Zhang, who escaped house arrest in Mexico this summer, is accused of supplying cartels with fentanyl from China, smuggling and money laundering millions under the alias “Brother Wang.”