Nigerian, Thais caught over romance scam
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25 May 2021 at 16:30
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Nigerian Ezeneche Uzochukwu Jorome (centre), an alleged leader of a romance scam, is taken into custody by Crime Suppression Division police on Monday. (Crime Suppression Division photo)
A Nigerian and five Thais have been detained in Bangkok following a police raid over a romance scam which made at least 200 million baht in a year.
A crime police search of seven locations in Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan, Phuket and Pathum Thani on Monday led to the arrest of the six suspects, Pol Maj Gen Suwat Saengnoom, chief of the Crime Suppression Division, said on Tuesday.