04 Jun Scam Compound Trafficking Victim To Cybercrime Whistleblower: Mohammad Muzahir’s Story
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Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 4, 2026
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Popular radio host Kim Komando tells Mohammad Muzahir’s Story on the Komando.com blog.
Muzahir grew up in Kashmir, India, the eighth of eight children. He walked 6 miles to school each day, shoes worn through, a rope for a belt. He taught himself computers on a $200 secondhand laptop, the most precious thing he’d ever owned.
When a friend of a friend mentioned a great IT job in Laos paying $1,700 a month, Muzahir saw his ticket out. The interview went fine, he got the position and then his bosses revealed his real job: scammer.
His passport vanished. He was imprisoned in a compound with other human trafficking victims. Mohammad worked 15-hour shifts running “pig butchering” romance scams using AI deepfakes to pose as wealthy women, convincing lonely Americans to invest on fraudulent crypto platforms.
Muzahir, also known as Redbull, now an independent researcher and whistleblower, gave WIRED a vast trove of the scam compound’s internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
In a Cybercrime Magazine Podcast episode, Muzahir joins host Scott Schober to tell his story.
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