Taiwanese and Indonesian police authorities jointly brought down a fraud ring operating out of Jakarta on Tuesday. Twenty-four people were arrested during the operation. Four of the apprehended suspects were Taiwanese while 20 were Chinese.
According to the Indonesian Criminal Investigation Agency, the fraud ring ran telecom scams beginning in early 2021 and also engaged in money laundering. Authorities say they have identified 350 victims. All of the ring’s targets seem to be from China.
Indonesian police say the suspects stole hundreds of millions of Indonesian rupiah.