Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested the Taiwanese kingpin of a syndicate that convinced local people to send them money by impersonating the authorities over the phone .
Liu Tsung Chih, the recently-arrested kingpin of a telephone syndicate that conned unsuspecting citizens into sending in money, was arrested by police on Saturday.
Wu’s ring used the same tricks as Chih’s to swindle billions of dong from credulous victims.
“Their impersonations of police were so methodical and I was so frightened that all I could do was follow their directions,” said Tr., a local woman who sent Wu’s ring a total of VND 1.06 billion.
The city police have arrested 55 suspects allegedly employed in 13 such rings so far this year–14 of those suspects were foreigners.