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Vietnam Arrests 19 Chinese Nationals in Online Scam Bust

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STIX ID: report--e6fc089f-c67a-52c2-b174-927394dc7211

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2026-06-15

Date Updated: 2026-06-15

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Police in Vietnam arrested 19 Chinese nationals accused of running an online fraud ring from a hotel in Lao Cai after relocating from Cambodia; they used laptops, smartphones and 5G devices to impersonate lending-app employees and target Chinese citizens seeking loans. Data from seized equipment indicates the group had harvested personal information on roughly 25,000 Chinese citizens in prior operations, and the relocation likely followed Cambodian crackdowns on large scam compounds.

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