Police raided four properties and arrested 11 suspects allegedly involved in online gambling websites that cost around 70 million baht in total damages.
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.
The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) is warning people not to fall for calls by scammers pretending to be staff from the Department of Internal Trade after one such crook allegedly embezzled 16 million baht from his victim's bank account.
Police will seek an arrest warrant for a younger brother of “Benz Daemon”, a prime suspect in the macau888 online gambling network, after finding his alleged financial links to the case.