Vorapak appears among 28 names submitted for investigation
US House committee chairmen Brian Mast and John Moolenaar asked the Trump administration on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) to investigate 28 people and entities for possible sanctions over alleged links to Southeast Asian scam operations. Their letter, issued in Washington, names Thai financier Vorapak Tanyawong among those proposed for investigation.
Mast, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, addressed their request to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Copies went to the US attorney general and homeland security secretary.
The September 15 letter lists 26 individuals and two business entities. The names below follow the document’s order and spelling; inclusion in the list does not establish wrongdoing.
Benjamin Mauerberger
Chou Bun Eng, permanent vice-chair of Cambodia’s National Committee for Counter Trafficking in Persons, a role identified in March 2026 reporting
Deng Pibing
Dy Vichea, deputy chief of Cambodia’s National Police and Hun Sen’s son-in-law
Edward Lee
Eugene Tang
Gabriel Tan
Honn Sorachna
Hun To, a Cambodian businessman and Hun Sen’s nephew
Kuoch Chamrouen, Kandal provincial governor and a former governor of Preah Sihanouk
Li Xiong
Long Dimanche, deputy governor of Preah Sihanouk
Ma Dongli
Michael Chiam
Mote Thun
Neth Savoeun, Cambodia’s deputy prime minister and former national police chief
Sar Sokha, Cambodia’s interior minister
Su Zhongkian
Vorapak Tanyawong, a former senior Thai banking and finance executive
Wang Liduan
Yan Borith
Yan Narong
Yan Sathya
Yim Leak, Cambodian government adviser and businessman
