Cambodian call centre scammer nabbed after raping victim’s girlfriend
Police delivered justice to a Thai man tricked by a call centre scam gang in Cambodia after the leader also raped the victim’s girlfriend.
The Thai couple was reunited after being separated after falling victim to a call centre scam and human trafficking gang. Together, they sought help from non-profit organisation Saimai Survive to ensure all relevant suspects were brought to justice.
The man explained that he was unemployed at the end of November and shared his profile on a Facebook group in a bid to find a job. He was contacted by an agent offering him a position at a casino in Cambodia. The agent insisted the work was legal and well-paid, so the man agreed.
The victim travelled to Cambodia on December 11, where his Chinese employer immediately confiscated his mobile phone upon arrival. He was ordered to open a bank account online, which was then used as a mule account for the gang.
The man was forced to perform facial scans when scam victims transferred money to the mule account. He was brutally punished whenever he refused to comply. After his account was eventually suspended, the gang released him and he fled back to Thailand.
Only one suspect arrested
The man was devastated to learn that his girlfriend had been raped by the agent who tricked him into working for the scam gang.
The woman revealed that she lost contact with her boyfriend and contacted the agent in an attempt to find him.
The agent falsely informed her that her boyfriend was having an affair with another woman in the central province of Nakhon Pathom and refused to work.
The agent offered to take her to meet her boyfriend, to which she agreed. Tragically, the man tricked her into his room and raped her. He then threatened her, saying she should not report the sexual assault to the police if she did not want her boyfriend to be killed in Cambodia.
Officers from Provincial Police Region 7 eventually arrested the scam agent in the Kamphaeng Saen district of Nakhon Pathom on Tuesday, December 17. His identity has not yet been made public.
The suspect has a long history of criminal activity. He was arrested for theft in May 2008 and multiple times in December 2008 for embezzlement, stealing, and committing theft with violent assault or a weapon.
