Cops nab Indonesian wanted for US$10mil cyber fraud


LOCAL police have arrested an Indonesian who allegedly defrauded Americans of about US$10mil (RM39.6mil), Thai authorities said, adding that they will extradite him to the United States.

The 33-year-old suspect was arrested on Friday at a luxury resort in the coastal town of Phuket after a tip-off from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Suriya Poungsombat of the national immigration police said on Friday.

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