Chinese Police Offer Rewards in Hunt for Leaders of Myanmar-Based Telecoms Scam

Police in Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces are offering rewards of up to 500,000 yuan ($68,400) for information on two men wanted for running a telecom fraud syndicate based in northern Myanmar.

The men, who have Chinese mainland identity cards, have been identified as “key leaders” in the organization and operation of fraud dens targeting Chinese citizens in telecom and online scams and swindling them out of “huge sums” of money, the Ministry of Public Security’s Criminal Investigation Department said in a statement published Thursday.