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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 17:43
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Call centre sham gang arrested in Thailand's Bangkok
BANGKOK, Oct 6 - Thai police arrested members of a call centre gang for their sham deceiving numbers of Chinese and Taiwanese nationals to transfer money totalling over Bt2 billion (US$66 million).
Using Thailand as a base, the gang members, comprising 23 Chinese, Taiwanese, Burmese and Thai, were apprehended with telephone equipment connecting to the internet, mobile phones and computers.
The call centre gang used the tools via the Voice over Internet Protocol system (VoIP) calling the victims and telling them that illegal funds had been transferred to their accounts and asked them to transfer the money to another account given to them by the call centre sham.
If failing to transfer such money, the victims were threatened with legal action in their country.
Those who were deceived were informed of a Taipei prosecutor whom the gang claimed could be queried and give guarantees on the matter.
According to the Thai immigration police, the gang hired a Thai woman to rent a home in Bangkok's Lat Phrao area as their base, while gang members frequently changed their accommodation both in Bangkok and upcountry.
The police said three Taiwanese members of the gang had outstanding arrest warrants and had been charged with fraud and drug cases in Taiwan before escaping to Thailand.
The foreign suspects were charged with illegally entering the kingdom, and the Thai woman with providing accommodation and assisting foreigners for their illegal visit. (MCOT online news)
Using Thailand as a base, the gang members, comprising 23 Chinese, Taiwanese, Burmese and Thai, were apprehended with telephone equipment connecting to the internet, mobile phones and computers.
The call centre gang used the tools via the Voice over Internet Protocol system (VoIP) calling the victims and telling them that illegal funds had been transferred to their accounts and asked them to transfer the money to another account given to them by the call centre sham.
If failing to transfer such money, the victims were threatened with legal action in their country.
Those who were deceived were informed of a Taipei prosecutor whom the gang claimed could be queried and give guarantees on the matter.
According to the Thai immigration police, the gang hired a Thai woman to rent a home in Bangkok's Lat Phrao area as their base, while gang members frequently changed their accommodation both in Bangkok and upcountry.
The police said three Taiwanese members of the gang had outstanding arrest warrants and had been charged with fraud and drug cases in Taiwan before escaping to Thailand.
The foreign suspects were charged with illegally entering the kingdom, and the Thai woman with providing accommodation and assisting foreigners for their illegal visit. (MCOT online news)
