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MINH QUỐC NGUYỄN

high risk FBI · FBI — Cyber's Most Wanted Person
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MINH QUỐC NGUYỄN is an individual designated on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation — Wanted (FBI) sanctions list under the Cyber's Most Wanted programme, listed on 2023-03-13. Cyber's Most Wanted. This page summarises the public designation — known aliases, Vietnamese nationality, identifying particulars, the stated reason for listing and linked parties — alongside an independent, transparent risk indicator.

Reason for listing

Money Laundering; Operating an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business; Identity Theft Minh Quốc Nguyễn is wanted for his alleged direct involvement in stealing identities and engaging in money laundering activity in furtherance of obfuscating and facilitating the functionality of the ChipMixer service. Through this conduct, Nguyễn has allegedly facilitated the laundering of approximately $3 billion USD worth of Bitcoin. A large portion of the funds are directly associated with the victimization of people worldwide through ransomware attacks, cryptocurrency heists, the purchase of illicit drugs, the distribution and production of child sexual abuse material, and other crimes. On March 14, 2023, Nguyễn was charged with Money Laundering, Operating an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business, and Identity Theft in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.

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Designation record

List / authorityUS FBI (FBI) — FBI — Cyber's Most Wanted
Entity typePerson
Programmes / regimeCyber's Most Wanted
Date listed2023-03-13
Source record IDfbi:f5366fcb9ba64d7880a4c6f8f680effb
Last updated (our copy)2026-06-04

Identity & particulars

Position / roleCyber's Most Wanted
Date of birthOctober 21, 1973
Place of birthQuang Binh Province, Vietnam
Nationality / countryVietnamese
GenderMale

Known aliases (6)

David MinhJames SmithMinh Nguyen QuocMinh Nguyễn QuốcQuoc-Minh NguyenQuốc-Minh Nguyen

Deep-research dossier

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Standard depth · 3 credits

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Source & provenance

Issuing authorityU.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation — Wanted
Source identifierfbi:f5366fcb9ba64d7880a4c6f8f680effb
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