The United States has announced that it will implement a new visa policy and impose restrictions on individuals and their family members involved in cybercrimes targeting American citizens, including online fraud and sextortion.
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The United States is set to impose visa restrictions on individuals involved in activities such as cybercrime, online fraud, and sextortion, as well as their families. The U.S. State Department has announced that a new visa policy has been introduced with the aim of weakening the networks engaged in such crimes, which are increasingly targeting American citizens.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the new provision included in Section 212 (A)(3)(C) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act will also apply to close family members of individuals involved in cybercrime. According to Rubio, criminal groups involved in cyber fraud, particularly those linked to China, have siphoned off more than 10 billion U.S. dollars from American citizens in 2024 alone.
“The United States will not become a safe haven for those who target its citizens,” Rubio said in a statement. “We have sent a clear message that America will not simply let those who harm our citizens go unpunished. Our policy is to discourage and dismantle such networks by using every available measure, including sanctions, criminal prosecution, asset seizure, and extradition requests, in coordination with international partners.”
Rubio stated that cybercrime has become an unprecedented threat to U.S. national security and the general public. According to him, such criminal groups have established cross-border networks to carry out cyber fraud, sextortion, phishing, ransomware, and other cyber-enabled crimes.
