Cyber police arrest Suphan Buri woman for call centre scam
Cyber police arrested a 32 year old woman from Suphan Buri for her involvement with a call centre scam that targeted a grandmother and her grandson.
The scam involved luring victims across the border to Poipet for facial scans, with around 30 people being deceived each month.
Yesterday, January 20, Police Lieutenant General Trirong Phiwpan, Commissioner of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, alongside Police Major General Wiwat Kamchamnarn, Deputy Commissioner, directed Police Major General Chatchapandakan Klaiklueng, Acting Commander of Division 3, and Police Colonel Apirak Champarsi, Superintendent of Division 1, to arrest Pimphan.
The arrest was made under a warrant issued by the Criminal Court on January 17. Pimphan faces multiple charges, including fraud by impersonation, intimidation, fraudulent computer data entry, and involvement in money laundering schemes.
According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Trirong, the case began in early December last year when the victims, a grandmother and her grandson from Udon Thani, were contacted by a gang posing as Department of Special Investigation officers.
They were falsely accused of money laundering and coerced into transferring over 3.4 million baht (US$99,910) from their bank account.
After reporting the incident to investigators from Division 3, the investigation led to Pimphan, who acted as an agent recruiting people to open mule accounts. She coordinated with a senior gang leader to transport these individuals across the border for facial scans in a neighbouring country.
Pimphan admitted to recruiting mule account holders and arranging their transportation to the immigration checkpoint at Khlong Luek. Since November, she had been involved in sending 20 to 30 people each month across the border to withdraw money through facial scanning, reported KhaoSod.
She received a fee of 1,000 baht (US$30) per account from the agent. So far, cyber police have issued arrest warrants for 11 individuals involved in this case, with three already apprehended, while efforts continue to locate the others.
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