Indian Workers Rescued From Fake Thailand IT Jobs

Indian authorities swooped to rescue 130 workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia after they were lured there for fake IT jobs in Thailand, AP reported.

The Indian workers were held captive and forced to commit cyber fraud, Arindam Bagchi, an External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said in the report, for fraudulent IT companies involved in digital scamming and forged cryptocurrencies.

Full story: AP

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Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.