56 crypto scammers arrested in Cambodia, Vietnam


Vietnamese authorities arrested 26 people when they entered the country via airports in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. - VNA via ANN

HANOI: Nearly 60 people working in a crypto fraud ring that stole millions of dollars from Vietnamese nationals have been arrested in Cambodia and Vietnam, Vietnamese state media said Thursday (Feb 13), citing police.

Online scam operations have ballooned in South-East Asia in recent years, with transnational criminal organisations often trafficking and forcing thousands of people to swindle their compatriots in an industry analysts say is worth billions of dollars annually.

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