HR. 5490Reported

Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act

Requires sanctions on foreign people and entities behind online financial scams targeting Americans and creates an interagency task force to dismantle scam syndicates using scam centers and forced labor

What this bill does

Requires sanctions on foreign people and entities behind online financial scams targeting Americans and creates an interagency task force to dismantle scam syndicates using scam centers and forced labor

Key points
  • Establish interagency task force
  • Require sanctions on scam actors
  • Authorize victim support services
  • Direct strategy and annual reports

Where it stands

Status
Reported
Latest action
2025-12-03Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.

Topics and policy areas

undefinedAdvisory bodiesAsiaBurmaCambodiaChinaComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversight