South Korea arrests scam ring operating in Kazakhstan
South Korean investigators, working with Kazakh authorities, arrested 14 members of a South Korean scam ring in Almaty on July 23 and five others in South Korea, the KNPA said. The group set up a call center in Almaty after moving from Cambodia via Vietnam and used voice phishing and text-message fraud, impersonating government agencies to swindle about 600 million won from 16 domestic victims. The 14 arrested in Kazakhstan were repatriated to South Korea between July 28 and the present, marking the first direct South Korean apprehension of a ring operating from Central Asia.
Nineteen Koreans arrested over transnational phishing in Kazakhstan
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South Korean police reported intensified crackdowns on scam rings in Southeast Asia. Some groups appear to have moved to Central Asia. The arrests could lead to more joint operations and repatriations.
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