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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