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Scammers stole B31bn from victims in one year

Police show supercars seized from a gang that duped people into investing in a fraudulent crypto-mining business, in Nonthaburi, last September. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

Online and phone-call scammers stole 31.58 billion baht from 218,210 complainants over the past 12 months, police said on Tuesday.

Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang, assistat police chief,  said the figures were collected from March 1 last year to March 11 this year.

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