A 47-year-old American-Cambodian was yesterday arrested and charged with cheating 20 workers out of between $60,000 and $120,000. Police said Vorn Yen William last year promised to find work for the labourers in Australia. However, he fled to the US after taking money from the victims and the jobs never materialised.

 

Bun Sarith, an officer with Phnom Penh military police, said Mr William was detained after he flew into the country for his father’s funeral yesterday. “He cheated money from a number of labourers in Phnom Penh and was hiding in the US,” he said.

 

“He was arrested by officers in accordance with a court warrant when he arrived in Phnom Penh.” According to a police complaint made by the victims, Mr William told the workers they must pay him a fee to secure travel documents for the jobs abroad.

 

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A very common scam, often done by farangs to swindle farangs ! An Australian sleazebag called "the silver fox" aka ron hydes pulled a big one in Bangkok, and made off with much more cash than this one.