On July 16, the administration of Sen Sok district in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, joined the General Commissariat of National Police in a targeted enforcement operation against two illegal sites suspected of storing and supplying equipment for telecommunications and online scams. Three Chinese people linked to the case were arrested, and large quantities of electronic equipment and related materials were seized.
According to an official police notice, officers carried out surprise inspections of two row houses in the district that day and seized a range of tools used in telecommunications fraud. The operation yielded substantial seizures, including 1,744 mobile phones, 11 all-in-one computers, five boxes of laptops, eight boxes of keyboards, 19 boxes of motherboards, two boxes of networking equipment and four boxes of integrated mobile-phone adapters. Officers also seized large quantities of SIM cards and phone accessories, as well as a white Toyota Prius linked to the case.
In their preliminary assessment, police determined that the electronic equipment seized could be widely used in core technical aspects of telecommunications and online scams, including personnel control, alteration of information and network operation and maintenance, making it key equipment supporting scam groups’ activities.
At present, the three Chinese criminal suspects have been detained in accordance with the law. All equipment, the vehicle and other physical evidence have been sealed and handed over to the Anti-Technology Crime Department of Cambodia’s General Commissariat of National Police. The relevant authorities have begun follow-up checks and will investigate case leads in depth and take firm action against any offences under local laws and regulations, while continuing efforts to tackle telecommunications and online scams.
