# OpenAI Shuts a Cambodia-Linked ChatGPT Network Behind Crypto and Romance Scams

The banned accounts generated fake identities, documents, and crypto dashboards, and recruitment ads tied the operation to labor trafficking around Poipet.

- Published: 2026-08-02T05:44:51.872Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-02/openai-shuts-a-cambodia-linked-chatgpt-network-behind-crypto
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-criminal-scam-operation/)

OpenAI disrupted a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts it says very likely operated in or around Poipet, Cambodia, supporting investment, romance, gambling, and law-enforcement-impersonation schemes. According to the company's account,…

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