Arrests in transnational fraud
case
Thailand used as base for swindling
victims in China and Taiwan
By Jon Fernquest 
Four
young Chinese nationals
were arrested this week for running an internet scam based in
Bangkok on Sukhumvit road.The gang cheated victims in China and Taiwan out of 30 million baht.
The article begins after the vocabulary:
transnational - taking
place across borders
transnational crime - crime that takes place across national borders
fraud - cheating and lieing to people to cheat them and get money from them (See Wikipedia)
transnational fraud - fraud across national borders
swindling -cheating someone to get their money
victims - people who are harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
Chinese nationals - citizens of China
scam - a dishonest plan for getting money from people
transnational crime - crime that takes place across national borders
fraud - cheating and lieing to people to cheat them and get money from them (See Wikipedia)
transnational fraud - fraud across national borders
swindling -cheating someone to get their money
victims - people who are harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
Chinese nationals - citizens of China
scam - a dishonest plan for getting money from people
CRIME
Chinese nationals nabbed
9/11/2009Police have arrested four Chinese nationals accused of swindling 30 million baht from victims in China and Taiwan.
The four suspects - Mak Wai Hang, 23; Jin Wei, 25; Cheng Ju Ching, 42; and Chen Xuan, 23 - called victims overseas and persuaded them to transfer money to the gang's accounts in Thailand, said Chartchai Iamsaeng, an Immigration Bureau investigator.
The arrests were made in cooperation with Taiwanese Interpol authorities.
nabbed - captured,
caught, arrested
persuaded - get people to act or change their opinion, by giving them good reasons to do this
transfer money - move money from one bank account to another bank account
in cooperation with - working together with
persuaded - get people to act or change their opinion, by giving them good reasons to do this
transfer money - move money from one bank account to another bank account
in cooperation with - working together with
Pol Col Chartchai said the gang called their targets pretending to be Taiwanese Interpol authorities and public prosecutors.
The victims were told their bank accounts could be seized by authorities after they were caught up in a scam. To avoid having their money seized, they should transfer their money to the Thai bank accounts.
Interpol - an
international organization that helps the police from around the world
fight crime (See Wikipedia)
authorities - people with power to make decisions and make orders
public prosecutors, prosecutors - the government officials who attempt to prove that a person is guilty of a crime in court
caught up in a scam - people who trust another person and then discover that they are being cheated and scammed
authorities - people with power to make decisions and make orders
public prosecutors, prosecutors - the government officials who attempt to prove that a person is guilty of a crime in court
caught up in a scam - people who trust another person and then discover that they are being cheated and scammed
A copy of a fake arrest warrant issued by a Taipei court was faxed to potential victims to intimidate them, police said.
arrest warrant - official
document from a court ordering the arrest of a person
fake arrest warrant - an arrest warrant that is not real
intimidate - frighten a person to make them do what you want
fake arrest warrant - an arrest warrant that is not real
intimidate - frighten a person to make them do what you want
Police arrested the suspects at an apartment in Sukhumvit Soi 21 in Wattana district. They also confiscated six notebook computers, 21 mobile phones, 44 flash drives and two computer hard-disk drives found at the apartment.
The suspects' visas were cancelled, and more arrests were likely, police said.
The four admitted deceiving victims into transferring money to four Kasikornthai bank accounts controlled by the gang.
The accounts were registered in a Thai name.
Police also confiscated four Kasikornthai bank account books, five ATM cards, 25,100 Chinese yuan and 192,890 baht in cash.
Up to 30 million baht had been withdrawn from the accounts, according to ATM records.
admit Y - agree
that Y is true, agree that they did crime Y
deceive - lie and trick a person
admitted deceiving victims into transferring money - lie to people to make them send money to your bank account
registered in a Thai name - official name recorded is a Thai name
confiscated - take away
deceive - lie and trick a person
admitted deceiving victims into transferring money - lie to people to make them send money to your bank account
registered in a Thai name - official name recorded is a Thai name
confiscated - take away
(Source: Chinese nationals nabbed, 9/11/2009, link)
