US EditionCambodian scam compound yields trove of fraud evidence, Thai military says
Thai military seized 871 SIM cards, counterfeit police gear, and scam scripts from a Cambodian border compound used for fraud and alleged military attacks, officials said.
- On Feb 2, the Thai military said it recovered a trove of evidence from the O'Smach compound in O'Smach, Cambodia, seized during 2025 clashes and now occupied by Thai troops.
- A December ceasefire stipulated that Thai and Cambodian forces would de-escalate tensions and hold positions, including the Cambodian-based compound, during the late December clashes, Thai officials say.
- Inside a six‑storey building, investigators found wooden soundproof booths, a replica Vietnamese bank branch, 871 SIM cards, dozens of smartphones, and counterfeit police insignia and uniforms.
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Thai army uncovers Cambodian scam base fitted with fake China, Brazil and Australia police stations
ODDAR MEANCHEY (Cambodia), Feb 3 — The Thai military said yesterday it had recovered a trove of evidence of transnational fraud from a Cambodian scam compound seized during clashes last year between the two countries along their disputed border.Briefing reporters and foreign delegates in Surin province, senior Thai military officials said the O’Smach complex had housed thousands of people, many of them victims of human trafficking who were force…
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Images show abandoned belongings and mock police stations at a former scam center in Asia
O'SMACH, Cambodia (AP) — In the town of O’Smach, along Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, stands a compound of abandoned buildings that were battered by shelling during recent weeks of armed clashes.
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