{
  "id": 7932015,
  "title": "Chinese scam gang paid 900,000 baht a month for Bangkok mansion to target victims in Japan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/chinese-scam-gang-paid-900-000-baht-a-month-for-bangkok-mansion-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T02:30:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Thaiger",
    "slug": "the-thaiger",
    "url": "https://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/chinese-scam-gang-paid-900000-baht-a-month-for-bangkok-mansion-to-target-victims-in-japan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thai immigration police have arrested 15 individuals, including a Thai citizen and others from Japan, China, Taiwan, and Myanmar, at a mansion in Bangkok used by a scam gang. The gang paid 900,000 baht per month to rent the mansion, valued at over 200 million baht, to target victims in Japan. The gang members posed as Japanese police officers, calling victims and convincing them to transfer money for \"checking suspicious transactions.\" Police seized computers, mobile phones, poker chips, a poker table, crystal methamphetamine, and other items during the raid. The ringleader is still at large, and police are monitoring border crossings. The gang allegedly defrauded people in Japan by impersonating Japanese police officers. The incident highlights a pattern of such scams, where gangs operate from rented houses in Thailand, using unsolicited calls and fake police impersonation to scam victims. Authorities advise against answering such calls and to verify through official channels.",
  "summary": "Immigration police arrested 15 people at a Bang Bon mansion on 16 September, where a gang renting the house for 900,000 baht a month posed as Japanese police to defraud victims in Japan. The story Chinese scam gang paid 900,000 baht a month for Bangkok mansion to target victims in Japan as seen on Thaiger News .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Families of Chinese wartime forced laborers sue 6 Japan firms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/families-of-chinese-wartime-forced-laborers-sue-6-japan-firms",
        "published": "2026-09-16T23:14:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}