patients were duped by gangs in Japan using B9bn
PUBLISHED: 9 November 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
For reportedly setting up a call-center fraud in Thailand that tricked Chinese victims out of 9 billion baht, two Chinese and two Chinese males have been detained.
Two Asian and two Chinese men have been detained on suspicion of starting a contact scam in Thailand. CREDIT PHOTO
Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy police chief, discussed the arrest of the gang members yesterday at a press conference held at the Immigration Bureau ( IB ).
Call center criminals typically prefer to set up shop in neighboring nations, according to Pol Gen Surachate. But, more groups are currently based in Thailand.
The most recent group to be detained was discovered to have targeted Asian citizens in Japan.
He claimed that the group defrauded more than 17,500 Chinese victims of 9 billion baht, according to the Asian embassy.
A sensor was launched, according to Pol Col Rattachote Chotikun, assistant commander of the IB’s Investigation Division, after information about a call center group operating in Thailand was received from its Chinese and Asian counterparts.
The investigation unit claims that Chinese con artists would pose as bank employees or police officers to trick Chinese citizens into sending money to the gang that hired Chinese nationals to work in Thailand.
According to police, they carried out their business from a sizable apartment in Samut Sakhon.
There, police apprehended four people: the alleged ringleader, Mr. Chen, 50, a Chinese federal; the 40-year-old Taiwanian man who was reportedly the deputy gang leader and who recruited animal account procurer identified only as Mr He; and the phone operator, identified as Taro, 41, an Indian nationwide.
Daisuke, a 49-year-old Japanese national, was taken into custody independently at an hotel in Krabi.
11 mobile devices, two laptop computers, five ATM cards, a number of discourse scripts, and target information in Chinese and Japanese were all seized by the police.
Mr. He was wanted in Taiwan for fraud and illegal medication, according to a background check. The IB has revoked the visa for Mr. Taro, Daisuke, and Chen. It was discovered that Mr. He had overstayed.