Recently, the Thai police disclosed detailed case information about 93 Thai nationals arrested for telecom fraud in the Poipet area of Cambodia. Investigations revealed that these suspects were mostly low-level employees, including a translator. They worked in a building that housed over 20 "offices," each designated for different scam operations targeting victims from Thailand, India, Indonesia, and China.
The police revealed that although 119 Thai nationals were arrested in this operation, more than 1000 people, including Thais, Indians, and Indonesians, managed to escape amidst the chaos.
The mastermind behind this scam building is a Chinese national, with a management team of about 20 Chinese individuals who periodically inspect the offices and issue instructions to the scam teams through translators. One of the main managers, known as "Lao Hu," controlled the entire scam operation through a Thai translator named "A Chang." The Thai police are still investigating whether this group has connections with the Chinese grey industry groups in Thailand.
The police disclosed that the arrested 119 suspects were divided into the following scam groups, each responsible for different types of criminal activities:
Group 1 (Office 2): 23 people, mainly engaged in investment stock fraud;
Group 2 (Office 15): 14 people, involved in a "pig-butchering" style romance scam, initially gaining the victim's trust through social media, then inducing them to invest;
Group 3 (Office 18): 18 people, related to the "M98" online gambling website, involved in gambling fraud;
Group 4 (Office B9): 4 people, impersonating officials from the Thai Land Department, conducting scams via phone;
Group 5 (6th floor of Building 1): 27 people (one of whom was previously wanted), impersonating officials from the Thai Electricity Authority, using "electric meter deposit refund" or "electricity fee refund" as pretexts for scams;
Group 6 (9th floor of Building 1): 6 people, details of the case are still under investigation;
Group 7: 12 people (6 of whom were previously wanted), specific criminal methods are still being confirmed;
Group 8 (9th floor of Building K2): 15 people, specifically responsible for inviting others to participate in "dice gambling" online, this case will be handled separately.
The Thai police stated that the case is still under further investigation, and they will continue to track down the escaped members of the scam gang and conduct an in-depth investigation into the organizational structure of the entire scam network to completely eradicate this transnational criminal gang.
