Thailand arrests 12 South Koreans in scam center bust

Thai authorities have arrested 12 South Koreans and a Chinese national accused of running a scam call center from a high-end rented house south of Bangkok, police said on Tuesday. The alleged scammers “entered Thailand from a neighboring country and were hiding in Samut Prakan province, renting a luxury house,” Thai police said in a statement, without naming the country. Cambodia and Myanmar, which border Thailand, have become hubs for criminal groups operating fake romance, investment and other schemes that defraud victims around the world of billions of dollars each year. But authorities in both nations have also raided scam…