'The man named She' - Online gambling kingpin has links throughout South-East Asia

Casino kingpin She Zhijiang was the brains behind an illegal gambling and online scam empire with links to people and firms throughout South-east Asia. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH

SINGAPORE: He was generous with charities and often dined with the well-connected in Cambodia while pitching himself as a businessman, but casino kingpin She Zhijiang was in fact the brains behind an illegal gambling and online scam empire with links to people and firms throughout South-East Asia.

She’s operations tapped blockchain technology developed by a Singapore-based firm to move cryptocurrency, had investors from Malaysia and Myanmar, and ran casinos in the Philippines and Cambodia, where online gambling was later banned.