Money scam gang busted
By The Nation
Published on July 18, 2009
A Taiwanese man and 13 foreigners have been arrested for running a scam which has tricked people to in many countries into transferring money to their accounts.
Chen Ming Chwin were arrested on Wednesday at a house in soi Bang Na Highway 16 he rented to operate his scam. The other suspects' known nationalities are Chinese and Burmese. They have been charged initially with illegal entry, but fraud will be then charged, after more evidence and their victims' account became available, said Narat Sawettanant, a senior Department of Special Investigation official, who led the raid.
Also seized in the police raid were 70 mobile phones, five personal computers, and copies of scripts of conversations they recorded in voice messages to dupe their victims.