{"id":635971,"date":"2026-07-28T23:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/myanmar-parliament-passes-crypto-scam-bill-with-penalties-up-to-life\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:53:43","slug":"myanmar-parliament-passes-crypto-scam-bill-with-penalties-up-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/myanmar-parliament-passes-crypto-scam-bill-with-penalties-up-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar parliament passes crypto scam bill with penalties up to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-the-evolution-of-crypto-regulations-in-2024-what-it-means-for-2025.png\" alt=\"Myanmar parliament passes crypto scam bill with penalties up to life\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Myanmar lawmakers approved an anti-online scam bill whose draft proposed prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto scams and operating scam centers.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s Parliament passed an anti-online scam bill that would impose prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto scams and operating online scam centers.<\/p>\n<p>The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Myanmar\u2019s combined Parliament, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnlm.com.mm\/pyidaungsu-hluttaw-approves-tax-exemption-for-diesel-hsd-500-ppm-and-lng-anti-online-scam-bill\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span>approved<\/span><\/a> the bill in its entirety on Tuesday after resolving differences between versions previously passed by its two chambers, according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar (GNLM). The report did not say whether the bill had received presidential assent or when it would take effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is Myanmar\u2019s latest attempt to curb a growing cyberscam industry that has turned parts of the country into hubs for online fraud.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/myanmar-parliament-crypto-scam-bill-life-sentences\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar lawmakers approved an anti-online scam bill whose draft proposed prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto scams and operating scam centers. Myanmar\u2019s Parliament passed an anti-online scam bill that would impose prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto scams and operating online scam centers. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Myanmar\u2019s combined Parliament, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":635972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-635971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}