reader Posted Tuesday at 12:15 PM Posted Tuesday at 12:15 PM From Bangkok Post Police have arrested 10 suspected members of a Thai-Chinese investment scam gang raking in billions of baht during raids in Bangkok and several provinces. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) said on Tuesday that six Thais - four women and two men - and four Chinese men were arrested during operations in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram that began last week and continued into Monday. The arrested suspects were identified only as Atchara, 27, Porntip, 44, Nopawit, 31, Chonlathee, 21, Pantharee, 26, Supawadee, 39, Gao, 35, Xiong, 30, Mao, 46 and Zhou, 44. They were charged with public fraud, computer crime, money laundering and illegal assembly. CIB commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej said on Tuesday that they were among 32 suspects in the case. The gang comprised 10 Thai owners of mule accounts, two Chinese call scammers and 20 others who were suspected of money laundering - 14 Chinese, five Koreans and one Thai. Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop said the gang lured victims through social media by first offering online work involving clicking “likes”. Once they had earned some money doing that job they were invited to make an investment, with promised returns of 30-50%. Upon signing up, they received promised returns for only a short time, and then heard nothing more. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2963471/multi-billion-baht-scam-gang-busted Quote
