The Immigration Bureau announced on Wednesday that one more Chinese person who is thought to be a former yakuza member had been detained in connection with a Thailand busted call center gang.
According to Pol Lt Col Phanthana Nutchanart, deputy director of the commission, Pol Lt Col Phanthana Nutchanart, 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 Maj Gen Phanthana.
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 he claimed led to attacks on two opulent pool villas in Chon Buri, at the demand of the Chinese consulate in Thailand, asking for assistance in finding the members of the call center gang.
At the time, five defendants were arrested: Kenjiro Kimura, 37, Takahiro Inoue, 34, Katsuhito Yamaguchi, 28, Ukai Takayuki, 42, and Hatakana Hajime, 40.
Police seized 37 patients ‘ information, pre-written code used to trick people into thinking they were speaking to Chinese state officials handling care and accounting, as well as a list of more than 50, 000 people who were the group’s targets, according to Pol Maj Gen Phanthana, who was also cited for evaluation.
This gang had inform Asian retirees that they had a sizable amount of accumulated healthcare benefits to transfer to mule accounts, according to him, and persuade them to do so.
This group was discovered to have caused regular damage of about 24 million yen ( roughly 5 million baht ).