Cross-border telecom fraud gang busted
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CHINESE police have busted a cross-border telecom fraud gang and seized 470 suspects after collaborating with Lao police, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its official website yesterday.
On December 30, Chinese and Lao police destroyed three dens and seized more than 500 mobile phones, 400 computers and four vehicles in Laos.
All suspects were immediately sent to Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, under the escort of Chinese police from Laos. It is the biggest telecom fraud case busted in a recent crackdown launched by the ministry.
Last November, Yunnan police found a group of Chinese suspected of conducting criminal activity involving telecom fraud in Laos. The ministry dispatched a special investigating team comprising police officers from Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Yunnan and Fujian provinces.
Police found the telecom scammers settled at a border area, purchasing or renting local hotel rooms to operate. They set up false lottery betting websites to swindle money from people across China.
Preliminary investigation showed that there were more than 1,000 victims from Chinese provinces and cities with more than 200 million yuan (US$32 million) involved, the statement said.
Yesterday afternoon, four chartered flights carrying 300 major suspects arrived at Quanzhou Airport in Fujian Province from Xishuangbanna. Fujian police handle the case because most victims are from Fujian. Another 170 suspects stayed in Xishuangbanna and will be investigated by local police.
Chinese police have cracked 16,708 telecom fraud cases, detained 5,825 suspects since October.
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