PUBLISHED: 19 Apr 2024 at 04 :00
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society ( DES ) intends to pay back to the victims of call center scams that have stolen more than 10 billion baht in assets.
The Anti-Money Laundering Office ( Amlo ) has been recouped since 2021, according to Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong, who stated yesterday that the seized assets, including 6 billion baht in cash, had been reclaimed by the government.
According to him, Amlo has made the decision to return all the seized items to the patients.
According to Mr. Prasert, anyone who has been defrauded by the phone centers may turn in a bank transaction confirmation to Amlo that demonstrates a link to the suspects in the networks. Petitions can be submitted to the Amlo business via postal service, in person or via message, he added.
After Amlo receives the information, the jury may be contacted to request resource protection for the sufferers. Within a month, he said, the property analysis process will be finished.
The victims are anticipated to get the returned goods at a price equal to or greater than Amlo’s overall assets.
Those who previously did not complaint the police can now turn in evidence to Amlo and anticipate receiving their money as well, according to Mr. Prasert. In the next 90 days, Amlo’s plan to return the property will be made public.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Prasert, together with the Royal Thai Police’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB ) and a cryptocurrency agency, Binance, gave a press briefing about a raid on a Chinese-led hybrid scam syndicate that caused at least 250 million baht of damage.
During the procedure, a believe identified as Su Shoaxian and three different Chinese were arrested and 15 property, valued at 600 million baht or more, were seized. According to the research, the defendants lured victims to invest in crypto trading on a false wireless application. They were duped into transferring wealth to the records, which claimed to be online marketplaces. The transactions are Mr. Su’s property.
More research led to the arrest of four more suspects: Wisit, 31; Siraphat, 25; a Taiwanese regional named Dongjian, 45; and a 41-year-old Singaporean called Wei King Kek.
They were arrested for fraud, money fraud, participating in international crime companies, and the deceitful export of twisted computer data.
The police even issued 26 more arrest permits, said Mr Prasert.