Vietnamese authorities have arrested “Madam Ngo,” the Interpol-wanted scammer who promoted bogus crypto schemes that lured over 2,000 victims into giving up $300 million.
Theu, who reportedly employed mules to ship funds to Vietnamese nationals, fled to Thailand after she was positioned on Interpol’s needed record and charged with concealing her crimes by Vietnamese police.
Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division (CSD) arrested Theu in a Bangkok lodge alongside her two bodyguards. After questioning from the CSD, she confessed to selling the crypto scheme and claimed her share of earnings have been laundered via Vietnamese actual property.
A big majority of crypto scams are orchestrated by gangs in Southeast Asia. Earlier this yr, authorities in Thailand minimize off the facility provide to Myanmar in a bid to weed out rip-off compounds situated alongside the border.
1000’s of victims have been enslaved in these compounds, certainly one of which was linked to $100 million price of Tether obtained from pig-butchering scams.
