According to the Bangkok Post, the Malaysians – 10 men and four women – were arrested in the San Sai district, along with a Vietnamese woman during a police raid at the rented house they were staying in.

At a press conference on the raid, Provincial Police Region 5 commander Thanitsak Theerasawat revealed that the ring was headed by Malaysian national, Chin Kiat Yong, 30.

Chin, who can speak Thai admitted to running the call centre from the rented house.

The group’s modus operandi was to pose as Malaysian bank officials and contact potential victims, mostly Malaysians, and claim that there were issues with the victims’ credit card.

They would then convince their victims to transfer money to them, and in two weeks, had swindled some RM500,000 from their victims.

The police also seized 18 telephones, four internet phone connections, documents detailing names and phone numbers of victims, and a copy of a house rental contract.
Seven speed pills were also found in Chin’s possession, and he is now facing an additional drug charge.

The police said the raid followed a complaint about a suspicious group of foreigners who had rented the house at the housing estate.