State Department imposes visa restrictions on foreign cyber scammers
Individuals connected to transnational cyber-scam operations face U.S. visa restrictions under a new policy announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The State Department on Thursday announced new visa restrictions for individuals linked to foreign cybercrime networks and their immediate family members.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statement on the policy came on his final day of a trip to the Philippines for general meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The region is known as a hotbed for industrial-scale scam centers.
FBI Director Kash Patel met separately this week with leaders in the region to discuss combatting those operations. Rubio also discussed scam centers with the Cambodia’s foreign minister on Thursday, the State Department said.
Source: https://therecord.media/visa-restrictions-cyber-scammers
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