South Korea Detains 55 Scam Ring Suspects Repatriated from Cambodia

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January 26, 2026

South Korean police have arrested 55 of 73 online scam suspects repatriated from Cambodia last week, Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday, citing the national police. Prosecutors believe the suspects defrauded 869 victims of a total 48.6 billion won ($33.6 million) either by impersonating civil servants or engaging in romance scams. The 73 were flown back to South Korea on Friday in what Yonhap described as the country’s largest repatriation of criminal suspects from a single nation.

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