DSI rounds up 35 fraudsters in two raids


DSI rounds up 35 fraudsters in two raids


The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Tuesday arrested 35 Taiwanese nationals in two separate locations for running call centres to dupe people into transferring money to them. The suspects will be interrogated at the DSI head office before Taiwanese authorities are contacted to take further action.

Following a tip-off, DSI and related officials raided the two four-storey commercial buildings rented in Samut Prakan's Muang district at 11.30am and rounded up 15 suspects while they were keying data into notebook computers. DSI officials also seized four notebook computers, 14 telephones and 45 sets of Internet connection devices. The gang, reportedly led by Taiwanese man Yang Hsin-Ping, had been running a call centre on the first floor for more than a month with a restaurant on the ground floor as a cover up.

Meanwhile, another team of DSI officials also raided a rented house on Bang Na-Trat Road, kilometre 4, where a similar call centre was set up. During the raid, 20 Taiwanese suspects were arrested and many computers, telephones and Internet devices confiscated.
The Nation