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A Bukit Mertajam court has sentenced six foreign nationals to monetary penalties for operating an online romance scam. The group, comprising five Chinese citizens and one Taiwanese man, targeted fellow Asian expatriates through deceptive courtship schemes.
Thai police arrested six Nigerian nationals at a Nonthaburi condominium on Friday in connection with an international romance-scam operation. The suspects allegedly used fake profiles to deceive victims into sending money. Officers seized phones, laptops and bank records containing scam scripts and AI-generated images.