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Two Taiwanese arrested for alleged bank scam

Tourist police have arrested two Taiwanese men for allegedly luring mainland Chinese to transfer money to specific accounts in China, and then withdrawing cash from ATMs in Pattaya. ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Fri, Jul 03 2009

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