Prosecutors probe 92 arrested in Montenegro for fraudBy Chang Jui-chen and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office is investigating 92 fraud suspects arrested in Montenegro early this year, including one who is believed to have been forced into cooperating with the alleged scheme, prosecutors said yesterday. Prosecutors identified a woman “in her 20s” by the alias Hsiao Ping (小萍), who had been backpacking through Europe with her boyfriend when they ran out of money. An undated photograph shows Criminal Investigation Bureau personnel in Taipei escorting alleged members of a fraud ring who were extradited from Montenegro. Montenegrin investigators transfer evidence of alleged fraud by Taiwanese suspects to Criminal Investigation Bureau officials in an undated photograph. The members of the alleged fraud ring were arrested one day before they were to receive their pay for that month, he said.

Source: Taipei Times June 03, 2020 15:56 UTC