Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/23
By: Liu Chien-pang and Ko Lin
Taipei, Feb. 23 (CNA) Five people have been arrested in two raids on the operational
bases of a crime ring that was allegedly committing telecommunication fraud in central Taiwan against people in China, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Friday.
One of the five suspects, identified only by his last name Wang (王), is believed to be the ringleader, according to the CIB’s Ninth Investigation Corps, which was responsible for handling the case.
The arrests were carried out in two separate raids, with Wang and his two accomplices arrested on Jan. 3 and the other suspects nabbed on Feb. 5, authorities said.
During the raids, local authorities found several pieces of equipment possibly related to the scam, ranging from laptop computers to mobile phones and fake official Chinese documents. [FULL STORY]