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Police bust Phuket jet-ski scammers
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/04/2025
» Marine police have seized eight unlicensed jet-skis and arrested five operators in Phuket during a crackdown on scam gangs preying on tourists.
Ex-yakuza arrested for scam links
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/03/2025
» A Japanese man believed to run call-centre scam gangs in Cambodia and Vietnam has been arrested for a string of crimes in his home country following a police raid on a rented house in Bangkok.
More arrests in phone scams targeting Americans
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/03/2023
» A total of 20 people — five Indian nationals and 15 Thais — have now been arrested for alleged involvement in a phone scam network preying on elderly Americans with damages exceeding 3 billion baht, police said on Wednesday.
Frenchman claiming police ties nabbed for extortion
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/02/2023
» A French fugitive has been arrested after allegedly claiming close connections with senior police officers to extort money from many expats in Pattaya.
Police seize 70 cars from major car theft gang
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/01/2023
» Police have seized another 70 cars from alleged members of a major car theft gang preying on owners who had pledged their vehicles for loan.
Chon Buri car-theft gang busted
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/11/2022
» Police have seized a total of 64 cars from seven locations in Nonthaburi believed to be used by a gang preying on owners who had pledged their vehicles for loans. The gang refused to return the vehicles and resold them.
Police nab key member of scam gang
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/10/2022
» A key member of a call centre scam gang who masqueraded as a senior police officer to dupe three victims into transferring over 150 million baht has been arrested in Ayutthaya province.
Scammer posing as senior cop to lure victims out of B150m nabbed
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/10/2022
» A phone scam gang member who masqueraded as a high-ranking policeman and duped three victims into transferring over 150 million baht has been arrested in Ayutthaya province.
Police bust gang of online romance scammers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/05/2022
» Chiang Mai: Twenty-four suspected "hybrid" scammers, most of them Chinese nationals, were arrested yesterday in Fang district, said police inspector-general Pol Gen Wissanu Prasartthong-osod.
Couple arrested for procuring Thais to work for phone scammers in Cambodia
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/02/2022
» A couple have been arrested in Sa Kaeo province for allegedly procuring Thai job seekers to work for a phone scam gang in Cambodia.