Vietnam - 59 foreigners expelled from Vietnam due to high-tech crime

Police Phu Yen province drove out 59 Chinese and Taiwanese from Vietnamese territory for Internet fraud scam.

Allegedly, these fraudsters were searching for personal information about their victims, mostly Chinese people, in order to extort money.

They have also been banned from entering Vietnam for five years, Colonel Nguyen Trung Nghia, chief of Phu Yen Police Office, said on September 8.

They were picked up during raids on September 5 on four guest houses and hotels in Tuy Hoa, the capital of Phu Yen province in central Vietnam, Nghia shared.

"These Chinese and Taiwanese were caught red-handed while they were using dozens of high-tech devices connected to two servers installed in the United States and South Korea to commit their crimes via Internet telephony," he said.

According to Nghia, the offenders had conducted trans-national swindling in Phu Yen’s Tuy Hoa City and appropriated a combined USD59,000.

Three Vietnamese were involved in the swindling ring and arrested. The police are conducting further investigation to find out the best solution for these locals.

Vietnam's first crackdown on telecom fraud came in July last year with the arrest of almost 50 Taiwanese and Chinese, police from Taiwan said.

They said Taiwanese fraud rings had moved offshore after the island's police joined forces with Chinese and Thai authorities to bust their operations.

Foreigners previously detained for alleged high-tech fraud in Vietnam generally paid a fine before being handed over to officials from their home countries, said Nghia.

TTXVN, dtinews.vn

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