15 Japanese nabbed in Thai raid scammed more than $2 million

A group of 15 suspected Japanese scammers arrested last week in Thailand garnered more than 225 million yen ($2 million) in illegal proceeds in February and March alone, Thai police and other sources said Tuesday.Records seized in a March 30 police raid on a rented upscale house in the seaside resort town of Pattaya show that the suspects scammed victims in Japan of some 136.86 million yen between Feb. 1 and 24, and another 89 million yen during March.The records show the highest amount of "sales" in any one day in February was 14.04 million yen and the lowest was 2.74 million yen.Thai and …READ FULL ARTICLE