Six nabbed over call centre

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Six nabbed over call centre

Six Malaysians were arrested in Bangkok's Bang Na district for allegedly operating a "call centre" and duping people in China to wire money to their bank accounts, police said yesterday.

<p> Chief of the Royal Thai Police&rsquo;s Transnational Crime Suppression Centre, Pol Maj-General Panya Mamen, said five men and one woman in their 20s were nabbed in a condominium room on Srinakarin Road along with three Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) machines, one modem, 13 telephones and one computer notebook. The centre worked hand in hand with an operation in China, which lead to the arrests, he said.</p> <p> <br /> The suspects, who reportedly confessed to working for a Malaysian company for a monthly salary of Bt20,000, were charged for entering Thailand illegally and working and living here without the correct paperwork. The gang reportedly Bt1 billion worth of damages per month, he added.<br /> Police reported that &ldquo;call centre&rdquo; gangs were operating in China, Vietnam, Burma, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand.</p>