Experience extradition to US, Switzerland in$ 16m event
PUBLISHED: 10 Feb 2025 at 16: 51
Four Europeans who live in Phuket are wanted in Switzerland and the United States on suspicion of using ransom to demand payment totaling US$ 16 million.  ,
The people were taken into custody on Sunday from individual apartments, palaces with swimming pools, in Muang and Thalang regions of the southwestern area state, Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phiwpan, mind of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, said on Monday.
Police also seized about 40 things as facts, including laptop computers and mobile phones.  , Police withheld the four people’s names
Between April 30 and October 26, 2024, according to Pol Lt. Gen. Trairong, the four suspects allegedly attacked 17 businesses in Switzerland using ransom. In change for the code needed to unlock the stolen computer systems, they demanded payment.
Additionally, they allegedly threatened subjects who refused to pay via email and phone calls. Threats to highlight or offer stolen data were among the messages.
Pol Lt Gen Trairong said the four suspects reportedly attacked about 1, 000 events global and caused about US$ 16 million in restitution, more than 500 million baht, in full.
Specialists in the US and Switzerland requested that the attacks and prosecutions be carried out in reply. In the two nations, the four people will be extradited to appear in court.  ,