December 2025
Taiwan’s Anti-Fraud Regulatory Landscape in 2025
Since the passage of four laws related to anti-fraud in July 2024, the Taiwan government’s anti-fraud strategy has evolved beyond traditional criminal enforcement toward a comprehensive governance framework spanning telecommunications, finance, digital platforms, and criminal law.
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Taiwan’s 2025 anti-fraud initiatives demonstrate a high degree of cross-agency and cross-industry coordination. Key developments range from real-time data disclosures by the Ministry of the Interior (“MOI”), to the Financial Supervisory Commission (“FSC”) placing financial institutions and virtual asset service providers (“VASP”) on the frontline of fraud prevention, and to institutional reforms led by the Ministry of Digital Affairs (“MODA”) and the National Communications Commission (“NCC”) to address platform and telecom vulnerabilities. This article summarizes the key anti-fraud policies and measures adopted by these authorities throughout 2025.
I. Ministry of the Interior: Enhancing Transparency and Prevention
In 2025, the National Police Agency of the MOI continued to disclose various fraud-related statistics through the “Anti-Fraud Dashboard.” Following the initial publication of statistics on the 165 Anti-Fraud Website in 2024, the National Police Agency of the MOI officially launched the integrated “Anti-Fraud Dashboard” in December 2024. By disclosing real-time data, including case volumes, financial losses, and common fraud schemes and cases, the policy has successfully transformed anti-fraud information from internal government data into public-facing knowledge. In 2025, the National Police Agency of the MOI continues to utilize the dashboard to provide the public with up-to-date fraud-related data. [2]
Beyond information disclosure, the MOI also emphasized the prevention of fraud at its source. According to statistics from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, fraud cases involving the “RedNote” app reached 756 between January and November 2025, and the app's cybersecurity testing did not comply with several required standards. To prevent public exposure to fraudulent websites and applications, the MOI issued an order suspending analysis or restricting access to the “RedNote” app for one year pursuant to Article 42 of the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act (“FCHP Act”). This indicates that anti-fraud enforcement is no longer confined to ex post investigation, but also emphasizes prevention at the source to reduce public exposure to fraudulent content through high-risk websites or applications. [3]
II. Financial Supervisory Commission: Strengthening Financial Flow Traceability
To address the frequent use of cash for money laundering, the FSC issued a letter in May 2025 requiring the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association (“VASP Association”) to prohibit its members from conducting virtual asset transactions in cash and to ensure that all transactions leave auditable financial trails. In response, the VASP Association amended its self-regulatory codes related to AML and anti-fraud in June 2025, expressly prohibiting cash transactions and mandating traceable payment methods. [4]
III. National Communications Commission: Telecommunications Management Act Amendments and Enhanced KYC
In July 2025, amendments to the Telecommunications Management Act were promulgated to address telecom-related fraud risks. The amendments expanded the scope of entities required to register as telecommunications enterprises to include wholesale resellers of user numbers and internet access service providers, pursuant to Article 5(2) of the Telecommunications Management Act and its legislative rationale. Non-compliant individuals or entities may be fined not less than NTD $100,000 but not more than NTD $ 1,000,000 and will be ordered to make corrections within a prescribed period; failure to rectify within the specified timeframe may result in consecutive penalties, pursuant to Article 79, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 of the Telecommunications Management Act.
The NCC also strengthened its supervision of telecommunications enterprises’ customer identity verification mechanisms under the FCHP Act to prevent fraud syndicates from abusing straw SIM cards for illicit activities. Key enforcement measures include: [5]
1. Requiring telecommunications enterprises to verify the authenticity of identification documents and to limit the number of subscriptions for corporate users, in order to prevent fraud syndicates from using large numbers of phone numbers to disseminate scam messages or engage in other illicit activities; and
2. For abnormal messaging activity, such as users sending unusually high volumes of messages in a single day, the NCC requires telecommunications enterprises to immediately suspend messaging functions and conduct KYC verification, with services restored only after no anomalies are identified.
IV. Ministry of Digital Affairs: Bringing Threads Under Regulatory Oversight
Under the FCHP Act, large-scale online advertising platforms are required to cooperate in digital anti-fraud, including but not limited to, the disclosure of advertisers and funding sources, and to proactively, or upon notification by the competent authority, promptly remove, restrict access to, suspend dissemination of, or otherwise take necessary measures against advertisements involving fraud (see Articles 31 and 32 of the FCHP Act).
The MODA announced the criteria for “large-scale online advertising platforms” [6] in September 2024. Concurrently, the initial batch of platforms meeting these standards was designated, comprising six platforms from four major providers: Google (Google, YouTube), LINE (LY Corporation), Meta (Facebook, Instagram), and TikTok. [7] [8]
In 2025, the MODA continued to strengthen its anti-fraud oversight of online advertising platforms. In addition to updating the list of regulated platforms and bringing Meta’s Threads platform under supervision as of September 15, [9] the MODA also imposed administrative fines exceeding NTD 10 million on enterprises that failed to fully comply with advertising information disclosure obligations or to implement necessary anti-fraud measures under the FCHP Act, in order to ensure regulatory compliance. [10]
In addition to the above measures, the Executive Yuan approved draft amendments to the FCHP Act on November 13, 2025, and submitted them to the Legislative Yuan. [11] Key proposed changes include enhanced cross-sector cooperation mechanisms between financial institutions and VASPs, as well as revisions to criminal liability and sentencing provisions. We will continue to closely monitor the progress of these legislative developments.
Recent policy trends demonstrate the government’s ongoing efforts to institutionalize anti-fraud governance and strengthen enforcement. Non-compliant businesses may face not only administrative penalties but also restrictions on internet access, potentially excluding them from the Taiwanese market. Financial institutions, VASPs, telecommunications enterprises, online advertising platforms, and other regulated entities are recommended to closely monitor regulatory developments and update internal policies accordingly to mitigate legal and compliance risks.
[1] For an overview of the laws related to anti-fraud, please refer to our article below:
“Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (1) – Corporate Cooperation Obligations and Preventive Measures under the Fraud Crime Prevention Act.”
“Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (2) – Which Advertising Platforms Are Regulated Under the Fraud Crime Prevention Act?”
“Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (3) – VASP's Anti-Fraud Obligations.”
[2] Ministry of the Interior Statistics Thematic Section, https://www.moi.gov.tw/News_Content_StatisticTheme.aspx?n=2441&sms=10306&s=327686 (Last visited: December 15, 2025)
[3] National Police Agency (Ministry of the Interior) Press Release dated December 4, 2025, https://www.moi.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=4&s=334958 (Last accessed: December 15, 2025).
[4] VASP Association Self-Regulatory Codes, https://twvasp.org.tw/%e5%85%ac%e6%9c%83%e8%87%aa%e5%be%8b%e8%a6%8f%e7%af%84/( Last accessed: December 15, 2025).
[5] NCC Press Release, https://www.ncc.gov.tw/chinese/news_detail.aspx?site_content_sn=8&cate=0&keyword=&is_history=0&pages=1&sn_f=51083 (Last visited: December 15, 2025).
[6] MODA Order No. 1134000734 on September 16, 2024, https://moda.gov.tw/press/bulletin/14158.
[7] MODA Order No. 11340007344 on September 16, 2024, https://moda.gov.tw/press/bulletin/14160.
[8] For the regulatory criteria applicable to online advertising platforms, please refer to our article: “Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (2) – Which Advertising Platforms Are Regulated Under the Fraud Crime Prevention Act?”
[9] MODA Order No. 1134000735 on September 16, 2024, https://moda.gov.tw/press/bulletin/14162.
[10] MODA administrative actions against online advertising platforms, https://moda.gov.tw/ADI/antifraud/admin0620/ad/1719.
[11] Executive Yuan Press Release dated November 13, 2025, https://www.ey.gov.tw/Page/9277F759E41CCD91/967bff57-7e05-4817-a885-e59f919cec89.
I. Ministry of the Interior: Enhancing Transparency and Prevention
In 2025, the National Police Agency of the MOI continued to disclose various fraud-related statistics through the “Anti-Fraud Dashboard.” Following the initial publication of statistics on the 165 Anti-Fraud Website in 2024, the National Police Agency of the MOI officially launched the integrated “Anti-Fraud Dashboard” in December 2024. By disclosing real-time data, including case volumes, financial losses, and common fraud schemes and cases, the policy has successfully transformed anti-fraud information from internal government data into public-facing knowledge. In 2025, the National Police Agency of the MOI continues to utilize the dashboard to provide the public with up-to-date fraud-related data. [2]
Beyond information disclosure, the MOI also emphasized the prevention of fraud at its source. According to statistics from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, fraud cases involving the “RedNote” app reached 756 between January and November 2025, and the app's cybersecurity testing did not comply with several required standards. To prevent public exposure to fraudulent websites and applications, the MOI issued an order suspending analysis or restricting access to the “RedNote” app for one year pursuant to Article 42 of the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act (“FCHP Act”). This indicates that anti-fraud enforcement is no longer confined to ex post investigation, but also emphasizes prevention at the source to reduce public exposure to fraudulent content through high-risk websites or applications. [3]
II. Financial Supervisory Commission: Strengthening Financial Flow Traceability
To address the frequent use of cash for money laundering, the FSC issued a letter in May 2025 requiring the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association (“VASP Association”) to prohibit its members from conducting virtual asset transactions in cash and to ensure that all transactions leave auditable financial trails. In response, the VASP Association amended its self-regulatory codes related to AML and anti-fraud in June 2025, expressly prohibiting cash transactions and mandating traceable payment methods. [4]
III. National Communications Commission: Telecommunications Management Act Amendments and Enhanced KYC
In July 2025, amendments to the Telecommunications Management Act were promulgated to address telecom-related fraud risks. The amendments expanded the scope of entities required to register as telecommunications enterprises to include wholesale resellers of user numbers and internet access service providers, pursuant to Article 5(2) of the Telecommunications Management Act and its legislative rationale. Non-compliant individuals or entities may be fined not less than NTD $100,000 but not more than NTD $ 1,000,000 and will be ordered to make corrections within a prescribed period; failure to rectify within the specified timeframe may result in consecutive penalties, pursuant to Article 79, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 of the Telecommunications Management Act.
The NCC also strengthened its supervision of telecommunications enterprises’ customer identity verification mechanisms under the FCHP Act to prevent fraud syndicates from abusing straw SIM cards for illicit activities. Key enforcement measures include: [5]
1. Requiring telecommunications enterprises to verify the authenticity of identification documents and to limit the number of subscriptions for corporate users, in order to prevent fraud syndicates from using large numbers of phone numbers to disseminate scam messages or engage in other illicit activities; and
2. For abnormal messaging activity, such as users sending unusually high volumes of messages in a single day, the NCC requires telecommunications enterprises to immediately suspend messaging functions and conduct KYC verification, with services restored only after no anomalies are identified.
IV. Ministry of Digital Affairs: Bringing Threads Under Regulatory Oversight
Under the FCHP Act, large-scale online advertising platforms are required to cooperate in digital anti-fraud, including but not limited to, the disclosure of advertisers and funding sources, and to proactively, or upon notification by the competent authority, promptly remove, restrict access to, suspend dissemination of, or otherwise take necessary measures against advertisements involving fraud (see Articles 31 and 32 of the FCHP Act).
The MODA announced the criteria for “large-scale online advertising platforms” [6] in September 2024. Concurrently, the initial batch of platforms meeting these standards was designated, comprising six platforms from four major providers: Google (Google, YouTube), LINE (LY Corporation), Meta (Facebook, Instagram), and TikTok. [7] [8]
In 2025, the MODA continued to strengthen its anti-fraud oversight of online advertising platforms. In addition to updating the list of regulated platforms and bringing Meta’s Threads platform under supervision as of September 15, [9] the MODA also imposed administrative fines exceeding NTD 10 million on enterprises that failed to fully comply with advertising information disclosure obligations or to implement necessary anti-fraud measures under the FCHP Act, in order to ensure regulatory compliance. [10]
In addition to the above measures, the Executive Yuan approved draft amendments to the FCHP Act on November 13, 2025, and submitted them to the Legislative Yuan. [11] Key proposed changes include enhanced cross-sector cooperation mechanisms between financial institutions and VASPs, as well as revisions to criminal liability and sentencing provisions. We will continue to closely monitor the progress of these legislative developments.
Recent policy trends demonstrate the government’s ongoing efforts to institutionalize anti-fraud governance and strengthen enforcement. Non-compliant businesses may face not only administrative penalties but also restrictions on internet access, potentially excluding them from the Taiwanese market. Financial institutions, VASPs, telecommunications enterprises, online advertising platforms, and other regulated entities are recommended to closely monitor regulatory developments and update internal policies accordingly to mitigate legal and compliance risks.
[1] For an overview of the laws related to anti-fraud, please refer to our article below:
“Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (1) – Corporate Cooperation Obligations and Preventive Measures under the Fraud Crime Prevention Act.”
“Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (2) – Which Advertising Platforms Are Regulated Under the Fraud Crime Prevention Act?”
“Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (3) – VASP's Anti-Fraud Obligations.”
[2] Ministry of the Interior Statistics Thematic Section, https://www.moi.gov.tw/News_Content_StatisticTheme.aspx?n=2441&sms=10306&s=327686 (Last visited: December 15, 2025)
[3] National Police Agency (Ministry of the Interior) Press Release dated December 4, 2025, https://www.moi.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=4&s=334958 (Last accessed: December 15, 2025).
[4] VASP Association Self-Regulatory Codes, https://twvasp.org.tw/%e5%85%ac%e6%9c%83%e8%87%aa%e5%be%8b%e8%a6%8f%e7%af%84/( Last accessed: December 15, 2025).
[5] NCC Press Release, https://www.ncc.gov.tw/chinese/news_detail.aspx?site_content_sn=8&cate=0&keyword=&is_history=0&pages=1&sn_f=51083 (Last visited: December 15, 2025).
[6] MODA Order No. 1134000734 on September 16, 2024, https://moda.gov.tw/press/bulletin/14158.
[7] MODA Order No. 11340007344 on September 16, 2024, https://moda.gov.tw/press/bulletin/14160.
[8] For the regulatory criteria applicable to online advertising platforms, please refer to our article: “Series Articles on Taiwan's New Anti-Fraud Laws and Regulations (2) – Which Advertising Platforms Are Regulated Under the Fraud Crime Prevention Act?”
[9] MODA Order No. 1134000735 on September 16, 2024, https://moda.gov.tw/press/bulletin/14162.
[10] MODA administrative actions against online advertising platforms, https://moda.gov.tw/ADI/antifraud/admin0620/ad/1719.
[11] Executive Yuan Press Release dated November 13, 2025, https://www.ey.gov.tw/Page/9277F759E41CCD91/967bff57-7e05-4817-a885-e59f919cec89.
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