Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime. This policy targets individuals responsible for, or complicit in, cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, such as those involved in cyberscams, and sextortion.
Certain immediate family members of people covered by the policy may also be subject to the State Department’s new visa restrictions, according to Rubio. The administration is taking action to counter an unprecedented threat from online investment scams, often orchestrated by transnational criminal organizations.
Cybercrime Threats
Scammers have defrauded U.S. citizens of at least $10 billion in 2024 alone while fueling corruption, money laundering, and human trafficking. American children have also been specifically targeted by offenders operating overseas for sextortion scams, devastating families and futures.
Rubio said the administration is deploying every tool at its disposal—sanctions, prosecutions, asset seizures, extradition requests, and international law enforcement cooperation—to dismantle criminal scam networks and impose costs on those who enable them.
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