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More arrests in phone scams targeting Americans

15 Thais and 5 Indians now detained in connection with network that bilked people out of B3 billion

Pol Gen Torsak Sukwimol (third from right), deputy national police chief, and representatives from the US Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), examine evidence seized from 20 suspects in a phone scam network at a briefing on Wednesday in Bangkok. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

A total of 20 people — five Indian nationals and 15 Thais — have now been arrested for alleged involvement in a phone scam network preying on elderly Americans with damages exceeding 3 billion baht, police said on Wednesday.

The arrests were made during police raids in four provinces — Chon Buri,…

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