Cambodia's biggest VoIP raid nabs hundreds of Chinese
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:51 am
Hundreds Nabbed in Biggest-Ever VoIP Raid
August 3, 2017
Police raided two guesthouses in Poipet City on Wednesday and arrested about 200 Chinese nationals suspected of operating an internet blackmailing scam, the biggest-ever detention of fraudsters using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology in Cambodia, an official said.
The scam involved blackmailing women after persuading them to send nude photographs of themselves, said Khun Sambo, deputy director of the Interior Ministry’s immigration department.
The raids in the Banteay Meanchey province border town followed a tip-off from Chinese authorities, Lieutenant General Sambo said.
“We got information from China that they arrested some suspects with connections to Cambodia,” and tracked their associates in Cambodia with the help of the Telecommunications Ministry, he said. About 200 Chinese nationals were arrested, including 32 women, he added...
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Interestingly, the two guesthouses where the scams were being run were owned by members of the Cambodia police force and their relatives:
Online crime den guesthouse owners will not be charged
4 August 2017
Two guesthouses raided on Tuesday in connection with online extortion schemes for which 200 Chinese nationals were arrested are owned by police officials and the relative of a deputy police chief, it has emerged.
The owners of the guesthouses will not face any legal action, a police official said yesterday, because they were not aware of their guests’ activities.
A police report obtained yesterday revealed that one of the guesthouses belongs to the uncle of an unidentified Poipet town deputy police chief, while the other is owned by Soung Sao, deputy commander of the border police unit 911, and Ros Piseth, chief of border police at the Boeung Sakou corridor.
When asked what would happen to the guesthouse owners involved in the case, Mr Haiseila said that they would not face any legal action, but have now been “educated”. “We have educated the guesthouse owners because they rented rooms to criminals without knowing about their activities for a long time,” he said.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076532/onl ... t-charged/
August 3, 2017
Police raided two guesthouses in Poipet City on Wednesday and arrested about 200 Chinese nationals suspected of operating an internet blackmailing scam, the biggest-ever detention of fraudsters using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology in Cambodia, an official said.
The scam involved blackmailing women after persuading them to send nude photographs of themselves, said Khun Sambo, deputy director of the Interior Ministry’s immigration department.
The raids in the Banteay Meanchey province border town followed a tip-off from Chinese authorities, Lieutenant General Sambo said.
“We got information from China that they arrested some suspects with connections to Cambodia,” and tracked their associates in Cambodia with the help of the Telecommunications Ministry, he said. About 200 Chinese nationals were arrested, including 32 women, he added...
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hund ... id-133175/
Interestingly, the two guesthouses where the scams were being run were owned by members of the Cambodia police force and their relatives:
Online crime den guesthouse owners will not be charged
4 August 2017
Two guesthouses raided on Tuesday in connection with online extortion schemes for which 200 Chinese nationals were arrested are owned by police officials and the relative of a deputy police chief, it has emerged.
The owners of the guesthouses will not face any legal action, a police official said yesterday, because they were not aware of their guests’ activities.
A police report obtained yesterday revealed that one of the guesthouses belongs to the uncle of an unidentified Poipet town deputy police chief, while the other is owned by Soung Sao, deputy commander of the border police unit 911, and Ros Piseth, chief of border police at the Boeung Sakou corridor.
When asked what would happen to the guesthouse owners involved in the case, Mr Haiseila said that they would not face any legal action, but have now been “educated”. “We have educated the guesthouse owners because they rented rooms to criminals without knowing about their activities for a long time,” he said.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076532/onl ... t-charged/