PUBLISHED: 18 Dec 2024 at 11: 34
Five Japanese men and women are being detained by immigration authorities in PATTAYA, according to the alleged owners of a call scam center that has been defrauding old Japanese people out of about 5 million baht per day.
Pol Maj Gen Panumat Boonyalak, acting director, said the arrests were made in response to a problem from the Chinese embassy.  ,
A scam gang operating out of Thailand was telling elderly Japanese citizens they would receive refunds for past medical expenses worth millions of yen, but they would first need to send them at least 500, 000 yen ( roughly 111, 600 baht ) in order for it to work.
Pol Col Chaya Panakit, the agency’s main interrogator, said emigration police had immediately raided two swimming villas.
They arrested two Chinese offenders, Ukai Takayuki and Hatakana Hajime, at one home. The telephone scam gang reportedly had two men as their boss.
Police also seized 42 cellular phones and tablet laptops, along with swindlers ‘ code, recorded interactions between cybercriminals and victims and survivors ‘ data.
At the next palace, three Chinese suspects were arrested. Pol Col Chaya said Kenjiro Kimura, Takahiro Inoue and Katsuhito Yamaguchi , were hired to make the names to prospective patients.
He claimed that at this palace, 37 cellular phones and tablet pcs, lists and information on victims and scammers ‘ accounts, as well as scripts, were seized.
One of the group leaders, according to Pol Col Chaya, was a member of the Chinese Yakuza. Victims had been duped by the crew, earning about 5 million baht, or 24 million yen per day.
He claimed that the crew had Thai contenders running companies to launder the funds.