COLOMBO: In the most recent assault on cyberscams, Sri Lankan authorities apprehended 30 Chinese and Vietnamese citizens on Thursday, bringing the total number of people seized since the weekend to 261, according to police.
According to police, 74 Vietnamese nationals who were detained elsewhere in the capital on Wednesday were placed under remand until May 14. The most recent arrests were made in the capital’s suburb of Werahera.
Every year, criminal organizations from all over the world have perpetrated online scams that have defrauded victims of tens of billions of dollars, frequently using bitcoin fraud and fictitious love connections.
On Sunday, officials in Sri Lanka clamped down on two alleged cyberscam centers, making 157 arrests. According to Frederick Wootler, a police spokesperson, “they had entered the country on tourist visas and were illegally employed, while some had overstayed their visas.”
A forensic analysis of the laptops and cell phones taken from the purported scam center in the Kollupitiya neighborhood of Colombo, where the 74 Vietnamese nationals were detained on Wednesday, was mandated by a magistrate in Colombo.
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