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China sentences 3 Myanmar crime bosses to death for telecom fraud

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Chinese courts have sentenced three leaders of the Wei syndicate, a prominent Myanmar-based crime family, to death for their involvement in large-scale cross-border telecom fraud. The syndicate operated cyber scam centers and engaged in illegal detention and extortion, targeting victims in China. In addition to the death sentences, three other key members received life imprisonment, and 55 accomplices were given prison terms ranging from just over three years to 24 years. AI

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China sentences 3 Myanmar crime bosses to death for telecom fraud

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Xinlu Liang ·

    China sentences 3 more Myanmar crime bosses to death in scam centre crackdown

    Courts in China have sentenced three key figures of a notorious Myanmar crime syndicate to death for operating large-scale cross-border telecoms fraud networks and causing the deaths of four Chinese nationals. The Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court and the Nanan City People’s C…

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