Six people have been indicted and detained over their alleged roles in a Thailand-based voice phishing ring that stole about 15.1 billion won from roughly 700 people, according to prosecutors in Seoul. On Nov. 10, the Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office said it indicted and detained six Longge Company members who were arrested in Thailand and extradited to Korea. They face charges including joining and operating a criminal organization and violating the Act on the Return of Damage from Telecommunication-based Financial Fraud. Prosecutors said 21 members of the same ring were arrested between September and October last year. From October through Nov. 6 this year, a total of 27 members have either been sentenced or are on trial. Investigators allege Longge Company was organized by Chinese nationals and ran operations from January to July 2025. Prosecutors accuse members of targeting victims with romance scams, impersonation of investigators, a lottery compensation coin scheme, and a no-show scam. The alleged leaders, including the overall boss, are all Chinese nationals. Prosecutors said they lured Koreans to Thailand with promises of high earnings at a voice phishing call center, where, investigators believe, passports were confiscated immediately after arrival. Once in operation, prosecutors allege members posed as women who did not exist and enticed victims using live broadcasts, then demanded money under claims tied to coin top-ups and fee exchanges. Prosecutors also allege they impersonated investigators and offered coins at cheap rates as compensation for failed lottery number predictions. Prosecutors say the ring took 15,093,000,000 won from 705 victims in Korea. Thailand police raided a pool villa office in Pattaya on June 21 last year and arrested 21 people, including 20 Koreans. After Chinese managers fled, new Korean members were recruited within 10 days, and a new office opened disguised as a rental car company. Thai police later arrested nine members, including eight Koreans, on Aug. 6 last year. So far, prosecutors said 32 Korean members have been caught. The 21 members arrested last year received prison sentences ranging from five years and six months to 13 years, with 15 sentences finalized. The six indicted this year are on their first trial.