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Indonesia to deport 153 Chinese citizens over US$450 million cyber fraud ring
Indonesia to deport 153 Chinese citizens over US$450 million cyber fraud ring
Syndicate accused of targeting wealthy businessmen and officials on mainland
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 01 August, 2017, 4:18pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 01 August, 2017, 4:53pm
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26 Jul 2017
Indonesia will deport 153 Chinese nationals arrested for their alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar cyber fraud ring targeting wealthy businessmen and politicians in China.
The syndicate, who ran their operation from abroad to avoid detection by Chinese officials but did not target any victims in their host country, has made around six trillion rupiah (US$450 million) since beginning operations at the end of 2016, Indonesia police said on Tuesday.
The suspects were arrested following a tip-off from Chinese
authorities.
“We are conducting an intensive investigation and currently coordinating with the Chinese police to deport them,” said national police spokesman Rikwanto, who goes by one name.
Cambodia arrests 29 Chinese suspected of telecoms fraud
The group, based in several locations across Indonesia, contacted victims pretending to be Chinese police or law officials, promising to help resolve their legal cases in return for immediate cash transfers, Jakarta police said.
The criminal network included IT specialists who would retrieve information on victims and develop communications systems for contacting them, he said.
Chinese nationals were arrested in Jakarta, the city of Surabaya and on the resort island of Bali in separate raids over the weekend.
“The perpetrators and the victims are Chinese. It just happens that they operate from Indonesia,” said Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono.
Police are investigating how several of the Chinese suspects were able to enter the archipelago without a valid passport.
Who’s buying, selling and stealing your personal data in China?
Cyber criminals targeting victims in China have increasingly exploited technological advances to operate from abroad, spreading across Southeast Asia and beyond in recent years.
China has become increasingly assertive in extraditing suspects.
In July, a gang of 44 people from mainland China and Taiwan were arrested in Thailand for allegedly running an elaborate phone scam that conned US$3 million from scores of victims, mainly based in China.
Cambodia deported 74 people to China for their role in an alleged telecom fraud, also in July, according to Xinhua.
Last year, 67 alleged criminals were deported from Kenya to China to face investigation for fraud.
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