Seven Chinese online fraud suspects have been arrested while sneaking into Thailand through Chanthaburi province in 2 separate cases, with dozens of phones and SIM cards seized, the Royal Thai Army announced on January 30.
The first arrest was carried out at 5 am on January 29. Naval special forces arrested 6 Chinese men, aged 21 to 60, near the Thai-Cambodian border in Pong Nam Ron district in Chanthaburi province.
Functional forces searched and discovered 59 phones, paper scripts in Chinese used to defraud victims, fake papers and a financial notebook.
At 10 pm on the same day, another special task force arrested a 44-year-old Chinese man near the border crossing area in the natural terrain. Authorities seized 26 phones and 17 Cambodian SIM cards from this person. Some methamphetamine and drug use tools were also found in this man.
Initial interrogation results showed that this man was linked to a phone scam gang based in Cambodia.
In recent weeks, Cambodia has arrested a number of key figures involved in online fraud activities led by Chinese people, most notably fraud boss Chen Zhi, leader of Prince Corporation, who has been deported to China.
Under increasing pressure, many people, including Thai employees and Chinese managers, are trying to sneak into Thailand.
