Successfully busted a transnational online fraud ring that defrauded people of their assets.

(Chinhphu.vn) - A special task force of the Lai Chau Provincial Police, in coordination with the Representative Office of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security in Cambodia, the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and Cambodian authorities, successfully dismantled a large-scale, transnational online fraud ring.

Images from the operation to arrest a group of online fraudsters in Cambodia.

The investigation was placed under the direct command of Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long, Deputy Minister and Head of the Police Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security .

After a long period of implementing professional measures, on October 28th, the Lai Chau Provincial Police, in coordination with the Criminal Police Department; the representative of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security in Cambodia; and Cambodian functional forces, successfully dismantled a criminal ring, arresting 59 individuals (44 men and 15 women), all Vietnamese nationals, while they were engaging in criminal activities in the Bokor Hill area, part of the Bokor Ecological Park complex in Tuek Chhou ward, Bokor city, Kampot province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

The successful dismantling of this criminal ring demonstrates the close cooperation between Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia in general, and the police forces of the two countries in particular, in the context of the opening ceremony for the signing of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime ( Hanoi Convention), hosted by Vietnam on October 25-26 in Hanoi.

According to initial investigations, the ringleader of the transnational fraud ring is Sung Thi Mai (commonly known as Vi), born in 1999, residing in Mon Dao village, Thai Nien commune, Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province (now Bao Thang commune, Lao Cai).

This criminal group operated by impersonating delivery drivers, police officers, and soldiers, scamming over 8,000 victims nationwide through romantic relationships and extorting money, with an estimated total amount exceeding 300 billion VND.

According to a representative from the Lai Chau Provincial Police, after checking and classifying the suspects, Cambodian authorities handed over all 59 suspects to the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Lai Chau Provincial Police, along with some evidence seized in the case. To date, the police have arrested 66 suspects in connection with the case.

Linh Anh

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