He leaked the secrets of a Southeast Asian scam compound. Then he had to get out alive

undefined 27, 2026

Source: wired

A reporter is contacted by “Red Bull,” a young Indian computer engineer trapped inside a Southeast Asian crypto romance scam compound. Forced into scamming under threat, Red Bull secretly leaks documents, chats, and videos exposing the operation’s brutal, industrial scale. After beatings, ransom threats, and a failed escape, he survives, escapes on his own, and delivers unprecedented evidence revealing the human trafficking behind global “pig butchering” scams.

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