Russian tourist in Thailand claims Russian mafia extorted US$3mil


BANGKOK, Sept 27 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): A Russian tourist showed up at Samui police station on Tuesday complaining that a Russian gang had extorted 112 million baht (US$3 million) worth of cryptocurrency from him.

He said he was filing the complaint because he was worried about the security of his wife, also a Russian national.

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