Thai Immigration Police Raid Pattaya Luxury House Used as Hybrid Scam Base: Eight Chinese Nationals Arrested, About 100 Chinese Victims Identified
Acting on orders from national police chief Samran Nualma, Immigration Bureau commissioner Nophasin Poolsawat led officers on Nov. 9, under a Chonburi Provincial Court warrant, in a raid on a luxury residence in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province, Thailand, dismantling a "hybrid" scam base that combined romance approaches with investment fraud. Ten foreigners were arrested, eight of them Chinese nationals and two Myanmar nationals, and officers seized two laptop computers, 32 mobile phones and more than 178 SIM cards.
The Immigration Bureau said the group first built romantic relationships with victims on social platforms over 15 to 30 days, then persuaded them to download a fake Chinese pharmaceutical investment app and transfer money into Chinese bank accounts. Police have identified about 100 Chinese victims; losses on the morning of Nov. 9 alone were about 2 million baht, and cumulative losses are estimated at about 300 million baht.
Investigators said all eight Chinese suspects had entered Thailand illegally: seven crossed the Cambodian border in Sa Kaeo Province and one crossed the Lao border at Chong Mek in Ubon Ratchathani Province. The group had rented the house for 140,000 baht a month and operated from it for about six months. The investigation is continuing.
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(Source: Thai Immigration Bureau)
Source: Thai Immigration Bureau
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：泰国芭堤雅市景（清晨，自码头望向市区）。照片：Diego Delso 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Skyline of Pattaya, Thailand, in the morning, seen from the pier. Photo by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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