Odaily News Thai police launched raids in four areas, smashing a mixed fraud gang called Lock Star and arresting two Chinese citizens and four Thais, who were charged with illegal assembly, conspiracy to participate in a transnational criminal organization, public fraud, inputting false information into a computer system, and money laundering. The police also seized cash and other assets worth about 30 million baht in the operation. It is reported that the scammers are suspected of using a fake program called Tidex to defraud investors of cryptocurrencies by promising high returns, and then selling these cryptocurrencies and exchanging them for Thai baht. (Bangkok Post)