Recently, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office in Taiwan has filed a lawsuit against a fraud syndicate, which is suspected of operating through a server room in Cambodia and illegally profiting over 400 million NT dollars in just three months.
The syndicate members include several well-connected masterminds and lawyer advisors, who conducted illegal activities through runners in collaboration with local scam operations in Cambodia. To prevent betrayal and protect the interests of the group, the gang required members to sign promissory notes and took extreme punitive measures against any misconduct.
In January 2024, a runner, Mr. Qiu, was dispatched to work in a Cambodian server room. However, he tragically died in a foreign land within less than a month, and an autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was torture.
This incident has attracted widespread attention. It is reported that Mr. Qiu was suspected of embezzling stolen money and was brutally murdered by the gang leader, with the beating video being publicly shared within the group's internal chat.
After learning of this, Mr. Qiu's family brought his ashes back to Taiwan, but due to the powerful influence of the fraud syndicate, they dared not speak out and had to silently endure.
Additionally, other members revealed that the fraud syndicate lured newcomers with promises of high salaries, but in reality, salaries were significantly deducted, and employees were forced to sign large promissory notes, becoming mere tools and even having to go abroad to pay off debts.
The syndicate's financial backers and lawyer advisors live luxurious lives, yet they push all risks and responsibilities onto the lower-level members. Runners typically earn a monthly salary between 40,000 to 70,000 NT dollars, but most members are unable to receive their rightful salaries and end up heavily in debt.
Experts point out that this fraud syndicate tightly controls its members through a strict division of labor and terrifying management tactics. If anyone is suspected of disloyalty, they are eliminated through violence or even "execution," functioning like a criminal enterprise.
