BANGKOK, Dec 4 (TNA) – A Chinese call center scam has
been busted in Thailand with 24 Chinese nationals charged for deceiving their
fellow countrymen to invest in bitcoin.
Thailand’s Immigration police on Wednesday announced the
arrests of the gang members who since March this year have rented several
houses in Bangkok to run the call center.
They lured people in mainland China to trade bitcoin via
Huobi Global website, police said.
Police are investigating to identify Thai nationals believed
to be involved with the scam.
Over 500 mobile phones and dozens of computers have been
seized from the suspect.
Thailand has been used by a number of Chinese-operated call
center scams targeting Chinese victims.
Some were running stock market price speculation. (TNA)
