Mumbai: 1,500 Indians, UAE nationals forced into cyber fraud racket

Chinese nationals are luring youth with lucrative job offers in Thailand, where their passports are first snatched before they are forced to go to Myanmar where they are held captive

Representative Image

The Chinese mafia, besides running shady mobile lending apps, is luring Indians into slavery in Myanmar on the pretext of lucrative jobs and forcing them to commit cyber fraud. The Bandra police came to learn of this nefarious scheme while looking into the abduction of a few Mumbai-based men who had been offered IT jobs in Thailand but were taken to Myanmar against their will.

"Exciting news! Mid-day is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!