CHIANG MAI - Ten Chinese nationals were arrested on Monday when police raided a luxury house in Saraphi district and uncovered a call-scam - operators posing as insurance and delivery companies targeting victims in their home country.
Acting on information received, the cybercrime taskforce had obtained a search warrant from the Chiang Mai Provincial Court, Pol Maj Gen Thawatchai Phongwiwattanachai, deputy commander of Provincial Police Region 5, said on Tuesday.
Nine men and a woman, Chinese nationals, were subsequently detained at a residence in village 4, tambon Nong Phueng of Saraphi district. Arresting officers also seized 67 mobile phones, seven iPads and 13 laptop computers.
The seized devices, and the information in them, indicated the premises had been used as a scam centre targeting victims overseas, mainly in China, police said.
The group allegedly posed as employees of insurance and delivery companies to trick victims into installing software that allowed access to personal information, leading to financial fraud.
They received payment through cryptocurrency transactions, investigators said.
Some of the suspects had entered Thailand on tourist visas and had rented the property, paying about 80,000 baht per month.
