A Chinese national, Zheng Zhao, has been arraigned in the Central District of California after being extradited from the Netherlands to face federal charges tied to an alleged cryptocurrency-investment fraud scheme that prosecutors say targeted U.S. victims from scam compounds in Cambodia. According to the Justice Department, investigators identified at least 174 U.S. victims and traced more than $36.9 million through bank accounts and digital wallets connected to the operation.

The case is another high-profile example of the Justice Department’s increasingly cross-border approach to crypto-related fraud enforcement.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined—for now—to dismiss Steve Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress conviction, even after the Justice Department asked the court to vacate it. The ruling does not foreclose future relief; instead, it leaves open the possibility of a renewed motion with a fuller legal basis. But in the immediate term, the conviction remains on the books, preserving an unusual procedural posture in a high-profile criminal case.

Bannon was convicted for defying a subpoena issued by the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.