State Department Restricts Visas

The individuals are responsible for or complicit in defrauding Americans through cybercrime, cyber-enabled crime, and related activity.

The majority of the individuals targeted are affiliated with the Prince Group, a transnational criminal organization that has been the subject of U.S. sanctions.

Any valid visas held by these individuals have been revoked.

This action is taken under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Cybercriminals scam Americans out of tens of billions of dollars every year.

In 2025 alone, transnational criminal organizations in Southeast Asia, like the Prince Group, defrauded Americans out of at least $18.2 billion through cyber-enabled scams.

The Department of the Treasury sanctioned 146 members and affiliates of the Prince Group in October 2025.

The Department of the Treasury also sanctioned an additional 35 Prince Group members and affiliates in June 2026.

Those complicit in devastating families and communities nationwide will be denied entry into the United States.