Taipei, Aug. 13 (CNA) A New Taipei couple allegedly hired by a fraud ring to lure people to Cambodia to work in telecoms scams have been arrested, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Saturday.
By Yao Yue-hung and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe suspect in a US$3 million kidnapping and burglary case in San Francisco was deported to the US on Friday after being apprehended in Kaohsiung, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said yesterday.
The suspect in a US$3 million kidnapping and burglary case in San Francisco was deported to the US on Friday after being apprehended in Kaohsiung, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said yesterday.
Zhang Tianze (張天澤), 30, has been implicated in the March 16 burglary of a woman in San Francisco.
A man broke into the victim’s home and physically restrained her, demanding that she transfer him money while brandishing a knife and threatening to torture her, the San Francisco Police Department said.
The victim transferred nearly US$3 million to the man, who left after also taking her mobile phones, the department said.
Investigators identified Zhang
Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Another four members of Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) have tested positive for COVID-19 after one of its investigators was confirmed as having the disease on Sunday, the agency reported Wednesday.
20 alleged Philippine money mules arrested in Taiwan
05/10/2021 08:34 PM
CNA photo May 10, 2021
Taipei, May 10 (CNA) Twenty migrant workers from the Philippines have been arrested for allegedly working as money mules for an internet fraud ring that was targeting Taiwanese nationals, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CWB) said Monday.
At a press conference, Hsu Chao-pin (徐釗斌) from the CIB s International Criminal Affairs Division said the 20 suspects were arrested during raids in Keelung, Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan and Miaoli on Jan. 18, March 22 and April 19.
The group in Taiwan was headed by a 35-year-old Filipino migrant worker, identified only as Eda, who allegedly had been recruited by a fraud ring based in the Philippines, according to Hsu.