Chinese nude photo scam suspects arrested in Cambodia


This handout photo taken on August 2, 2017 and released on August 3 by Cambodian Police shows detained Chinese nationals in Banteay Meanchey province. -AFP / Cambodia Police

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has arrested more than 200 Chinese men and women suspected of running an online scam that persuaded victims to send nude photographs and then extorted them for cash, police said Thursday.

The sweeping arrests come as the Southeast Asian country cracks down on Chinese cyber-crime gangs who use web technology to target their fellow citizens from abroad.

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