Policemen from the Ministry of Public Security and central Phu Yen Province have arrested 59 foreigners at 4 guest houses and hotels in Tuy Hoa City over a possible high-tech crime case.
 

A foreign suspect detained by the police

"We have detained 62 suspects, including 28 Chinese, 31 Taiwanese and three local people working as employees to care for food, rent and interpreting job," said Colonel Nguyen Trung Nghia, chair cum spokesman of Phu Yen Province Police Department.

The law enforcement force have also seize high-tech equipment including 18 laptops, 108 land-line phones, 14 cell phones, 13 radio devices, 25 Internet connection hub, 14 network ports, 10 wireless routers, a printer and other devices.

The suspects would be kept in custody for investigation of violations of Vietnam laws such as failing to register for temporary residency and using high technology to commit crimes, Nghia said.

The operations of this group of foreigners have violated political and information security of Vietnam, he added.

According to an officer of the police panel, the victims of those suspects are mainly the Chinese in Vietnam.

The group of suspects had used the Internet and VoiceIP talk service to find information about the victims - often those committing frauds - and then disguised as the authorities to request the victim to provide bank account numbers or transfer money to their accounts for investigation.