DOJ Seizes Crypto Fraud Domain Posing as Tickmill, Operated from Burma Scam Compound

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized the domain tickmilleas.com, which was used to defraud Americans through cryptocurrency investment scams. The site was operated from Burma’s Tai Chang compound, also known as Casino Kosai, and is linked to the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and the Trans Asia International Holding Group Thailand Company Limited (Trans Asia).

The domain posed as a legitimate trading platform, tricking victims into depositing funds while displaying falsified trades and fake account balances. Despite being registered only in November 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has already identified multiple victims who lost money through the site in the last month. 

Currently, a seizure splash page warns visitors that the domain has been taken down by law enforcement. Based on its spelling, BrokersView believes that tickmilleas.com was likely impersonating the legitimate broker Tickmill. Fraudulent schemes often misuse the names and logos of regulated companies to mislead and defraud unsuspecting investors.

Investigators found the site also directed users to download fraudulent mobile apps from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Several apps have since been removed after the FBI notified Google and Apple. Meta has also voluntarily taken down more than 2,000 scam-linked accounts following FBI intelligence on the Tai Chang scam compound.

The action comes less than three weeks after the DOJ launched the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney’s Office’s (D.C. USAO) “Scam Center Strike Force” and seized two other crypto scam domains also tied to the Tai Chang compound.

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received over 41,000 complaints in 2024, with losses exceeding $5.8 billion from crypto investment scams. These schemes often begin with unsolicited contact via dating apps, social media, or messaging apps, where fraudsters build trust before directing victims to purchase cryptocurrency and invest it on fraudulent platforms.

In June, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil forfeiture complaint against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency allegedly linked to an investment fraud network that involved “pig butchering” tactics.