On September 8, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced a new wave of sanctions against scam compounds and enablers in Southeast Asia. All five appeared on the priority list of sanctions targets raised by respondents of my May 2025 study (see Appendix B). While this is still likely conservative, it denotes an exponential revision in the direction of reality from the baffling $100 million estimate offered last year by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh. Further diluting the impact, the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh has, thus far, been completely silent on the designations. But when set against the backdrop of the recent Treasury sanctions, such a profound policy contradiction is difficult to explain except as the product of a fragmented U.S. response that lacks a whole-of-government strategy.