TAIWAN AND INDONESIA POLICE JOINTLY CRACKED A FRAUD CASE! BALI ARRESTED 102 TAIWANESE AND REPATRIATED THEM, 59 WERE DETAINED
Ma Shiyuan, commander of the Executive Yuan Anti-Fraud Command Center, went to the Criminal Investigation Bureau at around 9 a.m. on September 26 to inspect the results of the fight against fraud crimes and to congratulate the special case personnel who jointly cracked the case between Taiwan and Indonesian police in June. The case involved a Taiwanese fraud group setting up a fraud machine room in Bali, and successfully repatriated 102 Taiwanese fraudsters, 59 of whom were detained.
It is understood that this fraud group has set up fraudulent computer rooms in Kaohsiung, Pingtung, and Taitung since 2022 by renting homestays or townhouses, impersonating criminal investigators from the "Communications Administration" and "Public Security Bureau" of mainland China, and randomly called mainland citizens to defraud money transfers on the pretext of major criminal cases. After the case was prosecuted, members of the fraud group fled to Bali, Indonesia, and continued to engage in fraudulent activities. Fortunately, with the cooperation of the Taiwan and Indonesian police, the fraud group was finally cracked, and 102 fraudsters were successfully escorted back to Taiwan for trial in early July.
Indonesian police arrested 102 Taiwanese on June 26, arguing that they violated immigration laws by working illegally without work visas. After learning about this, the Taiwanese police confirmed that this was a telecommunications fraud room set up by a Taiwanese fraud group in the local area. The International Criminal Police Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, with the assistance of the Indonesian Representative Office and the planning of the overseas police and immigration agencies, arranged five Taiwan Airlines passenger flights from June 29 to July 4 to escort the 102 fraudsters back to Taiwan in batches.
Since most members of the fraud group denied engaging in cross-border telecommunications fraud in Bali, the Criminal Investigation Bureau mobilized the Forensic Center and the Technology Crime Investigation Center to conduct biometrics and digital forensics after they returned to Taiwan. Through technological means, the suspects' criminal records and communication content were clarified, allowing evidence to gradually emerge. After the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office took over, the suspects were transferred to the court for fraud. Among them, 59 suspects were detained after interrogation, and another 5 were directly imprisoned for abandoning the case.
Ma Shiyuan said that combating fraud is a major issue and is closely related to the feelings of the people. President Lai Ching-te attaches great importance to this. Regarding this transnational fraud case, Ma Shiyuan affirmed the efforts of the Criminal Investigation Bureau in international negotiations, scientific identification and criminal investigation, and emphasized that in the future, the prosecution, police, investigation and immigration departments will be required to strengthen inter-departmental cooperation and international cooperation to enhance the substantive effectiveness of combating fraud.
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