Going after the cheaters: Cambodia arrests 75 online scam suspects in latest raids


Photo: CTV news-Xinhua

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia has arrested a total of 75 online scam suspects in the latest crackdown on the cyber scams, said a press release from the Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams on Saturday (Jan 17).

They were apprehended on Friday during raids on a hotel and a guesthouse in the capital Phnom Penh for allegedly conducting online scams and staying in the kingdom illegally, it said.

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