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Scam losses ‘topped B60bn in last two years’
Published on 13/06/2024
» The Bank of Thailand is stepping up a crackdown on so-called mule accounts used in online financial fraud after bank customers lost more than 60 billion baht to such scams in the past two years.
Protect democracy and journalists
Oped, Published on 13/06/2024
» 'Foreign agent", "undesirable", "extremist". For thousands of independent journalists trying to live and work in Russia, these words can be life-changing.
Police arrest crypto fraud couple
News, Published on 13/06/2024
» A couple has been arrested for opening proxy bank accounts to receive money from a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment gang.
Nobel laureate Yunus indicted for embezzlement
Published on 12/06/2024
» DHAKA - Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others were indicted by a court in Bangladesh court on Wednesday on charges of embezzlement of 252 million taka ($2 million) from the workers’ welfare fund of his telecoms company.
Scam centre mule-accounts man arrested
Online Reporters, Published on 12/06/2024
» The owner of mule bank accounts used by a call centre gang to defraud a wealthy Thai woman out of 200 million baht has been arrested in Bangkok’s Nong Chok district, police said.
Real-time payment risks grow
Business, Published on 12/06/2024
» The growing adoption of new, convenient and fast payment channels has come with growing apprehension about real-time payment scams, according to a global consumer fraud research study by Fico, the US-based data analytics and credit scoring company.
Chinese woman feared kidnapped found at Bangkok mall
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/06/2024
» A 27-year-old Chinese woman who was believed to have been kidnapped for a 25-million-baht ransom was found at a shopping mall in Bang Na district on Saturday evening.
Chinese woman feared kidnapped found at Bangkok mall
Online Reporters, Published on 09/06/2024
» A 27-year-old Chinese woman who was believed to have been kidnapped for a 25-million-baht ransom was found at a shopping mall in Bang Na district on Saturday evening.
Vietnam tycoon on death row illegally moved money overseas
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country's largest-ever financial fraud case, had illegally transferred money abroad, according to police, with state media on Thursday reporting US$4.5 billion had been moved.
Six nabbed over online gambling sites
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/06/2024
» Six people have been arrested over their suspected links to two illegal gambling sites, which authorities believe are affiliated with a criminal organisation in Cambodia.