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A downtown Tokyo mansion was purchased by a Prince Group senior executive just days before the U.S. and U.K. slapped sanctions on the Cambodian conglomerate, alleging that it ran cyber-scam compounds staffed by trafficked workers.
Chen Bo bought the sprawling house directly across from Tokyo’s Zenpukuji Park on October 10, 2025, according to Japanese land records obtained by reporters.
Four days later, the U.S. and U.K. announced sanctions against the so-called “Prince Group Transnational Criminal Organization.”
The U.S Treasury Department accused the Prince Group of crimes including running “industrial scale cyberfraud operations” out of “compounds reliant on human trafficking and modern-day slavery.”
Chen Bo was not among the 146 sanctioned individuals and entities listed by the Treasury Department. However, Cambodian corporate documents show that he is a senior executive at sanctioned Prince Group companies.
Chen Bo did not respond to requests for comment emailed to six companies where he is an active chairman or director.
The Cambodian corporate register lists Chen Bo as the former chair of the board of directors of Byex Exchange Co Ltd, a cryptocurrency platform the U.K. sanctioned for allegedly laundering the proceeds of scam operations. He is listed as chair of Tian Xu International Technology Plc, which the U.K. sanctioned for allegedly “providing financial services” for the Prince Group.
Chen Bo is a director of six more sanctioned Prince Group companies, and a former director of another. He is also the former chair of Cambodia Airways, which was reportedly owned by Prince Group.
Japan’s Kyodo News agency reported earlier this month that two Prince Group senior executives purchased real estate in Tokyo, but did not name them.
The property records obtained by OCCRP’s Japanese media partner, Tansa, show that Chen Bo transferred ownership of the Tokyo mansion — which is gray with Palladium-style columns — to his wife in November, 2025.
His wife, He Yujing, has not been sanctioned. She did not respond to a request for comment emailed to one of her Cambodian companies.
He Yujing was a social media “influencer” who posted photos online of her extravagant lifestyle, some of which have been picked up by Chinese-language media. She deleted posts on the Chinese social media platform RedNote after the Prince Group was sanctioned.
Photos featured her modelling designer clothes and handbags, travelling by private jet, and comparing the size of her hand to a wooden container of Japan’s giant Hokkaido crabs.
Originally from China, records show that both Chen Bo and He Yujing acquired Cypriot citizenship in 2020, on the same day as another Prince Group senior executive. Chen Bo also acquired a Cambodian passport in 2014, according to the government’s citizenship gazettes.
Cambodia has extradited two Prince Group senior executives to China this year, including its chairman, Chen Zhi. He is suspected of crimes including running fraud operations and concealing the proceeds, according to Chinese state media.
Chen Zhi’s legal representatives did not respond to a request for comment at the time of his extradition. The Prince Group has said the allegations made by U.S. and U.K. authorities are “baseless and appear aimed at justifying the unlawful seizure of assets worth billions of dollars.”
