Twenty-one Thais working for fraud gangs in Cambodia will be deported to Thailand via Sa Kaeo province on Saturday, following raids in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk on Friday.
Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, deputy national police chief and director of the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT), said on Saturday that a combined team of Thai and Cambodian police officers stormed three locations in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk on Friday morning.
At the first location, the officers raided YN Hotel in the Cambodian capital and arrested two Thai nationals who worked for a fraud gang. They allegedly duped Thais into investing in fake digital assets via Digital Alliance website, which caused damage worth over 200 million baht, said Pol Gen Damrongsak.
According to the PCT director, rooms on the fourth floor to the eighth floor of the hotel were used accommodation for gang members while the ninth floor of the hotel was used as an operation office for the gang, headed by Chinese nationals.
At the second spot, the team raided a four-storey building opposite Sokha Vegas casino in Preah Sihanouk province with the top floor being used as both office and…
