Five arrested in crackdown on Japanese call centre gang in Chonburi, Thailand

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BANGKOK: Scammers, allegedly led by a yakuza gang member, have cheated Japanese retirees out of more than 300 million baht in just two months.

Thai police have arrested five Japanese men suspected of scamming victims in Japan from a call centre in Chonburi province, the Royal Thai Police’s Immigration Bureau said in a press event on Wednesday (Dec 18).