Laos police on hunt for woman over money-making scam


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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Police are in hot pursuit of a Lao woman and her husband who are believed to have fled the country after persuading members of the public to invest large sums of money in a fraudulent savings scheme.

Victims of the scam have reported being cheated out of a total of about 20 billion kip, about 400 million Thai baht, and about US$4 million, according to Lao News Agency.

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