According to the original report, officers acting on instructions from Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng raided two residential properties in Russey Keo and Chbar Ampov on May 11. They found 42 Vietnamese nationals suspected of involvement in fraud, along with computers and other equipment.
The report, citing briefings by the two districts’ joint enforcement teams, alleged that those involved charged jobseekers fees on the promise of highly paid work in Taiwan, or used fake shopping websites to induce payments. Their targets were reportedly mainly overseas.
The report says district police, military police and the cybercrime office took part in the operation, against a background of continuing enforcement activity in Phnom Penh, Poipet and Sihanoukville.The case was still under investigation when the report was published. The report also urged the public to be cautious about high-paying job offers and online requests for payment.
