Discussed: 16 Jan 2025 at 04: 41
One more Chinese person who is thought to be a former yakuza member has been detained in Thailand, according to the Immigration Bureau on Wednesday.
According to Pol Lt Col Pattana Nutchanat, assistant commander of the commission, Pol Lt Col Pattana Nutchanat, the believe was identified as Yu Hamaji, 34, who authorities believe is the assistant commander of the Chinese group busted in the Bang Lamung city of Chon Buri in the middle of December.
Prior to the officers raids in the state next month, this think fled along with another Chinese suspect, according to Pol Lt. Col Pattana.
He claimed that he was detained on Sunday while attempting to travel back to Japan at Don Mueang Airport.
Immigration authorities began looking into the situation, which led to raids on two upscale pool villas in Chon Buri, he said, after the Chinese ambassador in Thailand asked for assistance in tracking down the members of the contact center group, which had conned a sizable number of Japanese retirees in Japan out of more than 300 million ringgit in total.
At the time, five defendants were arrested: Kenjiro Kimura, 37, Takahiro Inoue, 34, Katsuhito Yamaguchi, 28, Ukai Takayuki, 42, and Hatakana Hajime, 40.
Police seize the details of 37 victims, as well as pre-written scripts used to deceive calls and make them believe they were speaking to Chinese express officials handling medical happiness and accounting, along with a list of more than 50, 000 people who were the gang’s targets, according to Pol Lt Col Pattana.
He claimed that this gang would inform Japanese retirees that they had a sizable amount of accumulated healthcare benefits to transfer to mule accounts, starting at 500, 000 yen ( 110, 000 baht ), and persuade them to do so.
This gang was discovered to have caused daily damages of about 24 million yen ( roughly 5 million baht ).