By Reuters and published by CNA SCAM gangs defrauded Asia-Pacific residents of at least US$88 billion (approximately 2.9 trillion baht) in 2025, a United Nations office said on Tuesday (July 21), with transnational crime groups rapidly evolving tactics to stay ahead of law enforcement. Criminals in Southeast Asia, an epicentre for cyberfraud by mostly
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Over 3,600 local officials’ employment deals scrapped over exam scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN 3,600 officials at local government administrations have had their employment deals immediately rescinded in the face of allegations that they had been evidently involved in an organised fraud over recruitment exams on which they may have cheated, Interior Undersecretary Arsit Sampantharat confirmed today (July 16). Among a total
Read moreArrest warrant for People’s MP suspected in forex scam denied by court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CRIMINAL COURT today (July 13) denied the Department of Special Investigation’s request for an arrest warrant for online trader-turned-MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu who is currently among a total of 24 suspects of alleged involvement in a foreign exchange racket and advised that a subpoena be issued instead in the case
Read morePawoot found to have used payment service of illegally operating firm
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ONLINE TRADER-TURNED-MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu was found to have evidently used payment transfer services of an illegally operating firm allegedly associated with those suspected of involvement in a foreign exchange scam. Pawoot who has been informally suspected by the Department of Special Investigation among dozens of others in the forex scam
Read morePawoot not calling it quits as People’s MP over suspected forex scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ONLINE TRADER-TURNED-MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu said today (June 25) he will definitely not resign as the People’s lawmaker whilst being suspected among others by the Department of Special Investigation of involvement in a foreign exchange scam. Pawoot who had been earlier absent from at parliament since he was publicly named one
Read moreJustice Minister sceptical over Pawoot’s cash profit without decimal points from trading gold online
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE MINISTER Rutthapol Naowarat today (June 23) expressed his personal scepticism that a sum of 28 million baht in cash earlier supposedly earned by People’s MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu from trading gold online may have carried no decimal points at all. The Bhumjaithai-attached justice minister was responding to Pawoot’s statement earlier
Read morePeople’s unjustly defamed with forex scam to distract public attention on AI project: Pijarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S Party in general and a certain People’s MP in particular may have been unfairly vilified by unknown persons who had openly accused the opposition lawmaker in a foreign exchange scam with some hidden intent to divert public attention from the Bhumjaithai-led government’s contentious TH-AI Passport project, said People’s
Read moreIndonesian scam boss arrested in Phuket
PHUKET Immigration police arrested an Indonesian man at a luxury resort under a US arrest warrant and an Interpol Red Notice on charges of defrauding victims via transcontinental cryptocurrency investment schemes, Police News Varieties and TV Channel 7 said today (April 25). The suspect, Mr. William, 33, who is based in the United Arab
Read moreAMLO seizes additional 8 billion baht assets from scam suspects
THE Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) today (April 9) temporarily seized a second batch of assets worth 8 billion baht from scam suspects Ms. Taengthai, Mr. Yim Liak, Ms. Wirinya Yim ,Mr. Ben Smith, aka Benjamin Mauerberger, and his wife Ms. Katriya Beaver, taking the total to over 20 billion baht, Amarin TV said. Announcing
Read moreCyber Police warn of online loan scam
CYBER Police urged those struggling financially and are looking for a loan to beware because what seems to be a lifesaver could actually be a scam, Naewna newspaper said yesterday (March 22). In a Facebook post Cyber Police said, “Easy loans, quick approval – beware! Scammers are offering easy loans through social media and
Read moreCambodian scam compound yields trove of fraud evidence, Thai military says
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News CHONG CHOM, Thailand/ODDAR MEANCHEY, Cambodia – The Thai military said on Monday (Feb. 2) it had recovered a trove of evidence of transnational fraud from a Cambodian scam compound seized during clashes last year between the two countries along their disputed border. Briefing reporters and foreign delegates in
Read moreRescued scam centre victim warns of beatings, organ sales
THAI authorities crossed over to Cambodia’s Kong Kong province to receive 32 Thais who had escaped from scam centres in the neighbouring country and upon crossing back to Thailand one of them warned of terrible conditions including being beaten to death and sale of organs, PPTVHD36 said yesterday (Jan. 31). Ms. Kalaya Prasitphak, district
Read moreVideo clip surfaces showing scam complex being built in central Cambodia
A VIDEO clip that was deleted within eight minutes of being released online allegedly shows a new scam compound being constructed in central Cambodia by a group of Chinese grey capitalists, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 31). The “Army Military Force” Facebook page shared this five-minute and 45-second video showing numerous Khmer men and
Read moreRaid on romance scam den at Muang Thong Thani nets 13 African suspects
A COMPLAINT filed by a woman who lost over 2 million baht to a romance scam gang led to rounding up 13 African suspects at a condominium within Muang Thong Thani complex in Nonthaburi, PPTV36 said this evening (Jan.21). This operation to dismantle the romance scam base followed an unnamed Thai woman’s complaint to
Read moreChinese citizens at Bavet City in Cambodia terrified after Chen Zhi’s arrest
FEAR has gripped Chinese citizens residing at Cambodia’s Bavet City, which borders Vietnam, after Chen Zyi, a Chinese-born tycoon accused of running internet scam centres that use trafficked workers to defraud victims worldwide, was extradited to China, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 10). While there is no information yet on whether the disgruntled
Read moreAlleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrested and extradited to China, Cambodia says
By Agencies and published by CNA Phnom Penh – Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, accused of running internet scam centres that use trafficked workers in Cambodia, has been arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said on Wednesday (Jan. 7). Cambodian authorities “have arrested three Chinese nationals namely Chen Zhi, Xu Ji Liang,
Read moreThai scam gang chief arrested after fleeing border fighting
A THAI man who headed a gang of Thai scammers working at a Chinese-owned fraud factory in Cambodia was arrested after he fled the ongoing battle at the Thai-Cambodian border to his hometown in Nan province, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 19). Mr. Pornthep (surname withheld), 36, was wanted under an arrest
Read moreChinese scam boss wanted by Interpol nabbed at airport
ARRESTED at Suvarnabhumi Airport last evening (Dec. 16) was a Chinese scam boss wanted under an Interpol Red Notice for defrauding over 500 Chinese victims out of over 200 million yuan (around 1 billion baht) just as he was trying to flee the country with a Mexican passport, Amarin TV said. The arrest was
Read morePM summoned again to testify before House panel over anti-scam measures
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER ANUTIN Charnvirakul was again summoned to testify before a House committee tomorrow (Dec.11) over government measures to crack down on Cambodia-based scam networks allegedly involving suspected rogue dealer Benjamin Mauerberger, alias Ben Smith, and others who reportedly remain at large. House Committee on State Security, Border Affairs &
Read moreMyanmar junta, Karen army dynamite scam hub building at border
THE MYANMAR junta together with Karen National Army dynamited a 12-storey building used for online scam operations and human-trafficking at Shwe Kokko Special Economic Zone in Myawaddy border town, opposite Thai Mae Sot town, PPTVHD36 said today (Dec. 3). This building is next to the Moei river, which forms the border between the two
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