Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/13
By: Su Mu-chun and Ko Lin

Taipei, Oct. 13 (CNA) Over two dozen Thai and Taiwanese nationals have been arrested during a recent raid on the operational base of an international crime ring that was committing telecommunication fraud in central Taiwan against people in Thailand, an official with the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Friday.

A total of 25 suspects, including 18 Thai and seven Taiwanese, were arrested at an apartment in Miaoli County’s Toufen City, CIB official Yang Ju-chiao (楊儒樵) said.

Among them, a 30-year-old Taiwanese suspect surnamed Hung (洪) was identified as the ring leader, Yang said, while six other Taiwanese were employed as interpreters to train the Thai suspects on how to carry out various fraud techniques.

According to the investigator, the group included Thai couples Thanyawan and Natthasit, both of whom chose to join the criminal activity in Taiwan for a 30,000 Baht (US$907.16) monthly salary.    [FULL  STORY]