Thai fraud gang destroyed, one of them arrested in Tirana

A person considered very dangerous by Thai authorities has been recently extradited from Albania after being arrested in September last year in Tirana.

According to Thai authorities, gang of frauds who operated from various countries, ranging from Tirana to Dubai, to call their citizens, and under blackmail that their money resulted in drug trafficking, has taken some assets.

The spokesman for the Thailand General Prosecutor's Office, Prayuth Phetkhun, stressed that on Wednesday day, Thai national Tzu Yuan Kuo, who had been arrested in Tirana on 27 September last year.

Tzu Yuan Kuo, charged with having several others via the V network OPIP “s on IP”, deceived citizens from Thailand, Malaysia and Japan by phone calls.

Some Thai people have fallen victim to gang members who disguised themselves as court officials, post officials, police officers, Special Investigation Department officials, anti-money laundering officials, drug - oppression officers and central bank officials.

Prayut said the gang mainly deceived their victims, saying their bank accounts were involved with drug money. Gangsters then sought personal data from victims, such as names, identity card numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and the number on the back of their credit cards.

Gangsters would also deceive their victims to force them to transfer money.

Prymouth said OAG had filed a criminal indictment against Kuo and alleged associates in absentia in 2018 before arrest warrants were issued against them by the Phra Khanong and Interpol Court. /abcnews.al/