Overview
- Cambodia’s online fraud commission says coordinated raids have closed around 200 scam hubs, with detentions reported and thousands of foreign workers being processed for deportation.
- Journalists shown the My Casino complex in Kampot saw rows of terminals, call booths, scripts, and a mock Indian police station featuring CBI and Mumbai Police signage, Indian flags, and portraits of Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar.
- Provincial police reported no arrests at the site as an estimated 6,000–7,000 workers fled following the detention of alleged boss Ly Kuong, outpacing limited manpower.
- Authorities and investigators describe the scheme as “digital arrest” calls that accuse targets of crimes, keep them on video, and coerce transfers for supposed verification or clearance.
- Viral Reuters visuals shared by journalist Munsif Vengattil renewed public cautions in India, as the Supreme Court tasked the CBI with probing such scams and asked the RBI to explore AI/ML tools to detect mule accounts.