Bangkok Police Arrest Two Chinese Nationals: One Linked to Call-Centre Scam Cash Collection, the Other Wanted on a Red Notice
BANGKOK — Thai police arrested two Chinese nationals on November 7 at Colour Apartment in Bangkok's Huai Khwang district in connection with an alleged call-centre scam. Both men are in custody and proceedings are ongoing.
Police said Mai Zhujun, 47, was arrested under Criminal Court warrant No. 6494/2569, issued on November 5, on an allegation of jointly defrauding the public by impersonating another person or supporting others in doing so. Shi Ruibo, 40, was charged with illegally entering Thailand.
The case began on October 23, police said, when an elderly woman was called by people claiming to be police officers, told she was linked to criminal activity and that her assets had to be handed over for examination. She gave gold jewellery weighing five baht (about 76 grams) to another elderly woman at a shopping centre in the Tao Poon area; that woman had herself allegedly been deceived into acting as a courier. An 18-year-old man named Anon then collected the gold; he had previously faced a call-centre scam case at Rat Burana Police Station.
The jewellery was sold for cash, which was placed in a bag on the ground floor of Colour Apartment, and Mai Zhujun came downstairs, collected it and took it to a room upstairs, following instructions from a Chinese boss, police said. Searching his room, officers seized six bank account books, 14 mobile phones, 36,700 baht in cash and 12 credit or debit cards. Mai Zhujun allegedly told police his role was to receive money from Thai couriers, exchange it into the cryptocurrency USDT and transfer it to a superior on instructions.
During the search, officers found Shi Ruibo's passport, which bore no Thai entry or exit stamps, and immigration checks found no record of his arrival. Shi Ruibo, who was staying in room 501 opposite, allegedly admitted entering Thailand from Yunnan, China, travelling by car via a neighbouring country and avoiding immigration controls, and said he had been in Thailand for more than a year. Chinese authorities also told Thai police that Shi Ruibo is wanted in Shandong province under an Interpol red notice over an alleged scam that promised victims commission payments for placing product orders to inflate sales figures.
All of the above are allegations and investigative accounts released by Thai police; the case has not been adjudicated by a court.
(Source: Royal Thai Police)
Source: Royal Thai Police
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