The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs announced a reward of up to $4 million under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program to solicit information leading to the arrest of Daren Li. According to Odaily Planet Daily, Daren Li assisted scam centers across Southeast Asia with money-laundering activities. According to court documents, he laundered funds obtained from victims through cryptocurrency scams and related fraud schemes, directed co-conspirators to open U.S. bank accounts in the name of shell companies, and monitored the cross-state and international wire transfers of victims’ funds. At least $73.6 million in victims’ funds was directly deposited into bank accounts associated with him and his co-conspirators, including at least $59.8 million from U.S. shell companies that laundered the proceeds obtained from victims by fraud.