Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Foreign Scam Centers
Executive Order 14390 directs DOJ, DHS, Treasury, and State to identify the transnational criminal organizations running scam centers and submit a dismantlement plan within 120 days. The order is real. The timeline is aggressive.
On March 6, President Trump signed Executive Order 14390 — a directive aimed squarely at the offshore fraud operations that have been systematically draining American consumers for years.
The order doesn't create new law. What it does is force coordination. DOJ, DHS, Treasury, and State have 60 days to assess what tools they have and 120 days to submit an action plan identifying the transnational criminal organizations behind the scam centers — and proposing measures to disrupt and dismantle them.
The administration's framing is deliberate: these aren't random criminals. They're organized networks, frequently linked to or tolerated by foreign governments, running what amounts to a parallel shadow economy.
What it means for consumers: nothing immediate. Scam centers running pig butchering operations, romance fraud, and fake crypto exchanges will not notice an executive order. But the legal and diplomatic machinery the order sets in motion — if it actually moves — could produce real disruptions within 12 to 18 months.
- 01Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens – The White House— The White House
- 02Federal Register :: Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens— Federal Register / GovInfo
- 03Treasury Sanctions Cambodian Senator Kok An and Scam Center Network Defrauding Americans— U.S. Department of the Treasury
- 04White House Issues Executive Order Targeting Cybercrime, Fraud, and Foreign "Scam Centers"— Consumer Finance Monitor (Ballard Spahr)