PUBLISHED: 19 May 2024 at 05: 30
Twelve Thai call centre scam gang suspects, including their leader, have been arrested at their base in Cambodia, the Royal Thai Police’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB ) said on Saturday.
Pol Lt Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha, the CCIB director, said the group was arrested simultaneously by CCIB Division 2 and Thai police. The Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for each of the 15 people.
The procedure, nicknamed” Hang Up”, arrested 12 members aged 21–35, including the president identified as Pathipan or A- Ching, 21, at the bottom in O Smach City in Oddar Meanchey state, near the Thailand borders of Surin province.
Authorities are still looking for the other three people who managed to flee the field, according to Pol Lt. Gen Worawat.
One target reported being duped by the group, and the analysis started. According to Pol Lt. Gen. Worawat, this victim allegedly transferred funds to the group several times, resulting in a complete decline of 2.37 million ringgit in savings.
According to the research, the crew had made at least 1 billion ringgit in revenue from schemes each year, with most of their sufferers being retirees.
For the tips, Pol Lt. Gen. Worawat claimed that the crew had created roles for role-playing roles as bankers, police officers, and advisers.
The victim had an unidentified credit card debt, so the lender made the claim that the first visit was from a lender from Tak province to alert her to money laundering.
If the sufferer denies the claim, the scam instructed the sufferer to call the Tak officers and provided a Line ID for quick communication. The fictitious police demanded that the target transfer funds to an investigation team. If the victim was anxious, another call may be made to convince them of the secure transfer.
Thai citizens had filed a complaint with the Royal Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh about being conned into working as con users, according to Pol Lt. Gen. Worawat, who is currently in charge of Thai officers.
Prior to the arrest activity, four subjects who worked for the group had already been rescued.
All the defendants admitted the violence, saying they worked under Mr Pathipan. The crew chief punished them literally, including administering energy surprises, if their staff failed to make 20 million baht a month, said Pol Lt Gen Worawat.