Indonesian police arrested 88 Chinese citizens suspected of operating online love fraud groups, the group suspected of littering hundreds of victims in China.
According to AFP on Wednesday (August 30), the Indonesian police arrested 83 men and five in an industrial park on Tuesday (29th) based on the clues provided by the Chinese police on Tuesday (29th).female.
Police said the group extorted hundreds of victims in China, many of them were government officials.
"We are investigating whether there are Indonesians among the victims." Zavani, a spokesman of the Liaosho Islands, told AFP that "if not, these scammers will be immediately expelled from the country."
It is not clear how long the organization has been operating, and it is not clear about the amount of money they cheated.
Police have previously said that after China ’s crackdown on domestic online fraud, many frauds have shifted their bases to Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries.
Indonesian police arrested 85 Chinese citizens and six Indonesian citizens suspected of cyber fraud in 2019.
