Japanese men covering their faces with masks who are suspected of involvement in a large-scale phone scam are pictured at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday on their way to being transported to Japan. (Kyodo News photo)TOKYO: Japanese police on Friday arrested 15 suspects transported from Bangkok in connection with a large-scale phone scam, to which hundreds of people are believed to have fallen victim. Three of the suspects have been identified as Yasutaka Toyama, 54, Ryu Iwamoto, 23, and Seiji Ikehara, 33. Tokyo police have found that 70 million yen was fraudulently obtained by the group in at least 80 cases between January and March, they said. Japanese investigators entered Thailand on Wednesday to receive custody of the suspects from Thai authorities for their transfer.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 06:25 UTC