How Hu Xiaowei 胡晓伟 - the "elder Brother" of Cyberscam-Kingpin Chen Zhi 陳志 - according to Investigators built an international Net of Shell Companies for Money Laundering
Updated June 26 2026 Hu Xiaowei arrested in Osaka, Japan In China the courts know him as Hu Xiaowei 胡晓伟, born in 1982 in Jiangsu. On the Caribbean islands Saint Kitts and Nevis he was registered as Chen Xiao'er 陈晓儿. Near Holland Park in London be bought a Victorian mansion for USD 39 million with the name Wu an Ming 吴安明 (passport from Saint Kitts and Nevis). In Singapore he held shares of companies with the name Hu Shi 胡适 (Cypriot passport). From this name there was a connection to a a nine-unit luxury property on Stanley Beach Road in Hong Kong. Here we will call this man with multiple identities Hu, according to his Chinese family name. Hu has for some months remained at large. He was a fugitive being tracked by Chinese, Taiwanese, Singaporean, South Korean, U.S. and UK authorities. But now Hu Xiaowei has been arrested in Osaka according to The Asahi Shimbun together with two other Chinese nationals. According to NHK investigative sources say Hu repeatedly entered Ja...