Police arrest Thai and Chinese suspects over call-centre scam

[webfact]

Police arrest Thai and Chinese suspects over call-centre scam
By Mongkolchaowarat Tangmangmee
The Nation

 

 

PHICHIT: -- Two Chinese men and two Thai women have been arrested for their alleged roles in a call-centre scam, Pol Lt General Tawitchat Palasak, the commander of Provincial Police Region 6, said on Wednesday.

 

Tawitchat said the suspects allegedly pretended to be police officers and threatened their victims with drug charges unless they wired them money. 

 

The four suspects – Chinese nationals Chen Meihang and Pan Yao, and Thais Chenisa Wongfu and Kanjaree Wattanawinin – allegedly duped 13 victims from the Police Region 6 jurisdiction area of Bt19.8 million earlier this year, Tawitchat said.

 

In order to convince their victims, the gang reportedly adjusted their own phone equipment to show the Police Region 6 number in the caller ID display. 

 

There was a breakthrough in the investigation when some victims in Phichit identified Chenisa and Kanjaree as the holders of the bank accounts that received the wired money. This resulted in the arrests of the two women, who said they were hired to open the accounts for the gang.

 

Tawitchat said police identified the two Chinese suspects from ATM camera footage. Police were continuing their investigations and hoped to make other arrests, including more accomplices in Thailand and, especially, the gang leader in China, he added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30319966

 

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[Ralf61]

THB19.8 mio divided by 13 victims makes, wait, about 1.5 mio per victim. Who wires that amount without having a skeleton in the celllar? Seems the Chinese were just a little bit faster than the BIBs...

Edited July 5, 2017 by Ralf61

[katana]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

In order to convince their victims, the gang reportedly adjusted their own phone equipment to show the Police Region 6 number in the caller ID display. 

Wonder how they did that?

[halloween]

4 hours ago, Ralf61 said:

THB19.8 mio divided by 13 victims makes, wait, about 1.5 mio per victim. Who wires that amount without having a skeleton in the celllar? Seems the Chinese were just a little bit faster than the BIBs...

When you are aware that Thai drug laws are based on simple possession, and how easy that makes a fit up, you can understand their reaction.