Thousands of Indians Made Cyber Slave by Chinese Gangs in Cambodia, Running Cyber Crime Centers under the Disguise of Casinos
Thousands of Indians Made Cyber Slave by Chinese Gangs in Cambodia, Running Cyber Crime Centers under the Disguise of Casinos
Chinese gangs in Cambodia are running cybercrime centers under the disguise of casinos. Thousands of people are being enslaved as cyber slaves and forced to work in these casinos. The victims include Indians. This included a man from Telangana. He managed to buy his freedom and return to India. Victim Martha Praveen hailing from Jagtiyal estimated that there were about 5,000 people from India in the camp where she was kept.
Praveen transferred ₹1 lakh early last year after being offered a job on a WhatsApp group ‘Azerbaijan Sri Overseas’ by ‘Thanugula Vamshi Krishna’ and ‘Tota Mahesh’. He was kept hanging for several months and then in August was told about a data entry operator job in Cambodia.
Taxi driver confiscated passport
On landing in Cambodia, Praveen realized that he had been cheated. The taxi driver confiscated his passport and took him to a large office with several call centers, where there were already about 5,000 Indians.
The call center racket was being run like a ‘casino’
Praveen said that the level of deception and exploitation was heartbreaking. Work was done under very harsh conditions. People were taken to different places. They were transferred to an office in Sihanoukville, about 200 km from Phnom Penh, where a call center racket was being operated as a ‘casino.’
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People were given code names
Praveen said, “People were given code names. I was called ‘Josh.’ The team leaders were ‘Thor,’ ‘Robin,’ and ‘Loki’ from Kerala, ‘Rolex’ from Tamil Nadu, ‘David’ from Bangladesh, ‘Erk’ from China, etc. Our colleagues working in the customer care service had access to the data.”
Salary was $600 but never paid
Praveen said that the workers were forbidden from sharing personal information and team leaders were asked to keep an eye on them. Violating any rules resulted in fines and pay cuts. Although his salary was $600, it was never paid in full.
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