Myanmar anti-scam bill seeks death penalty for coercion, life terms for crypto fraud

Myanmar published an Anti-Online Scam Bill on May 14 that would allow capital punishment for operators who use violence, torture, unlawful detention, or cruel treatment to force people into online scams. The draft also proposes life imprisonment for running scam centers and committing digital currency scams, with the military-backed parliament expected to sit in early June. The move targets the same Southeast Asia scam-compound economy behind romance and crypto investment frauds that the FBI says cost U.S. victims more than $20B last year.

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