The leader of the brutal call center gang was arrested and forced to make a profit.

Cyber police arrest the leader of a brutal call center gang and his subordinates. Forced to make a total of 20 million baht per week. Anyone who couldn't make it, tried to escape, were forced to stand in the sun, beaten, given electric shocks, and also found important evidence of the working structure of the call center gang. At the Technological Crime Investigation Bureau (Technological Crime Investigation Bureau) Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Wattanakornbancha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, and related officials announced Operation Hang Up. In the first case, the cyber police arrested the brutal call center gang leader and 12 underlings, forcing him to make 20 million baht a week, cutting off thousands in income. Million baht per year Pol. Maj. Gen. Niphon Boonkerd, commander of S.T.O. 2, said it was found that in this case, one of the victims was called by a call center gang claiming to be a Kasikorn Bank employee (line 1) and pretending to have credit card debt. If you do not use the said credit card, someone may be impersonating you. Therefore had to report the matter to the police at Mueang Tak Police Station. The victim was believed. The fraudster then transferred the next call to a second person who pretended to be another police officer (Line 2 took on the role of threatening) and then had the victim add Line. and threatening that there is evidence showing that the victim is involved in a money laundering case and must be prosecuted. The victim is afraid. The fraudster then shows his innocence by transferring the money to the person who inspects it. Then transfer the next call to a fake policeman claiming to be a captain (Line 3 plays the role of a comforter) pretending to give advice and convince the victim to transfer money. Claims that the money will be transferred back the next day. The victim was fooled into transferring several times, totaling 2,370,000 baht, until he realized that he had been tricked so he reported the matter to the police. police investigation Until evidence was found that This victim was deceived by a call center gang in Osamet. Udon Meanchey Province, Cambodia therefore coordinated with the Cambodian Police. Until it became known that there were Thai people who had been tricked into working as a call center gang and they found a way to contact the Thai Embassy in Cambodia for help until they were able to rescue 4 people. Later, the cyber police expanded their results until they were able to request the Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for 15 people from the gang and went to the area to track down and arrest 12 suspects, including the gang leader, Mr. Patiphan or Ah Ching, age 21 (who played the role of operator Line 3) As for the other three suspects, they have already fled the country through natural channels. In addition, the police have found important evidence of Mr. Patiphan or Ah Ching, namely work process information, which is information about the work steps of the call center gang stored in a large amount of flash drives, such as information on mo re than 12,000 victims, information on scripts to deceive victims. Information on solving problems in cases where victims inquire. Information about video clips of senior police officers whose audio has been edited. Fake police officer ID card information Information on how to create a SIM and horse account. and other information in many Chinese forms From the investigation, all the arrested suspects confirmed that Mr. Patiphan was the one who gave orders by living in a building with a high fence around the perimeter, with security guards watching over him if anyone couldn't make it. break the prohibition rules or try to escape A Ching will be forced to stand in the sun for 2 to 3 hours or physically harmed by beatings and electric shocks. She will also be forced to work from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with no days off. There will be 4 meals provided, but during work hours it is allowed. Drink only water. Do not use mobile phones And it is forbidden to talk across lines. In addition, Ah Ching is also the one who compi les the dialogue in defrauding the victims. Ah Ching can speak both Thai and Chinese. And everyone admitted to working as a call center gang in Cambodia from the end of December 2022 to mid-2023. Most of the victims were elderly people and retired civil servants. When working, the gang leader orders them to copy and memorize lines of dialogue until they are fluent and sit opposite the seniors until they can work. Their goal is to trick victims into transferring at least 20 million baht per week, or approximately 80 million baht per month, causing the gang to have a turnover of billions of baht per year. The accused also revealed that If any team reaches the target amount, they will have a day off. If any team does not reach the target amount, there will be no rest day. At 6:00 p.m. every day, the results of each person's total amount will be announced. If anyone makes a lot of money will receive applause and received a special award As for the compensation, it will be received according to the percentage of the amount that was deceived, that is, Line 1 gets 6%, Line 2 gets 5%, and Line 3 gets 5%. If one person can work on both Line One and Line Two, they will get a reward. together 11% Source: Thai News Agency