Lai Chau provincial police said the arrests were made during the ongoing expansion of case file No. 0525L, in coordination with the Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and local police forces.

Those arrested include Giang Seo Phu (born 2003) and his wife Sung Thi So (born 2003), both from Xuan Quang commune, Lao Cai province, and Nguyen Trung Hieu (born 1994) from Tran Phu ward, northern Quang Ninh province.
The trio were part of a group that fled to Vietnam before Lai Chau police traveled to Cambodia to dismantle the scam operation in the Bokor Hill area of Bokor city, Kampot province.

Since the case was launched on June 4, 2025, Lai Chau police have arrested 66 suspects in total, including 59 in Cambodia and seven in Vietnam.
The arrestees reportedly used various tactics such as impersonating delivery workers, police officers, or soldiers, and romance scams to defraud more than 8,000 victims, causing total losses estimated at over 300 billion dong (around US$12 million).

Preliminary investigation identified Sung Thi Mai (also known as Vi, born 1999, from Mom Dao hamlet, Bao Thang commune, Lao Cai province) as the ringleader of the transnational scam network.

The case is under further investigation by Lai Chau provincial police.

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