The joint effort of Taiwan and Thailand's judicial authorities delivers success! The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) worked with Thailand's law enforcement agencies to bring the fugitive X-Chih Chang, wanted for financial crimes, to Taiwan from Bangkok, Thailand on the afternoon of the 19th and transported him to the Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutors Office (hereinafter referred to as "the TTDPO").
Chang is the top member in Taiwan for Rich Might Investment Ltd., the Hong Kong subsidiary of U.S. Kryptonite Group (hereinafter referred to as "Kryptonite"). From May 2014 to December 2014, when the Hong Kong police investigated and put an end to their illegal trading, he and X-Fang Teng (a Hong Kong resident) and X-Hung Lin claimed that Kryptonite had developed a Bitcoin mining system with specialized technology and recruited unspecified people to invest in Kryptonite and the virtual currency trading platform of the MyCoin website. They jointly absorbed over NT$200 million in funds from several people and were suspected of violating the Banking Act of the Republic of China. There were victims all over Taiwan. The case was investigated by the Taipei Office, MJIB and referred to the TTDPO, where the co-conspirators were prosecuted and sentenced. However, Chang had absconded from the country in April 2015, so the TTDPO issued a wanted notice for Chang on December 26, 2019.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand took this case very seriously. The MJIB legal secretary in Thailand and the immigration secretary of the National Immigration Agency in Thailand persistently tracked Chang's movements in Thailand and shared information with the Immigration Bureau of the Royal Thai Police (RTP). They finally succeeded together in arresting him. The diligent coordination of the MJIB legal secretary in Thailand prompted Thailand to carry out the repatriation of Chang, who arrived at Taoyuan International Airport at 18:00 on the 19th and was transferred to the TTDPO by the Taipei Office, MJIB.
The MJIB encourages members of the public to report the whereabouts of fugitives. A report that leads to successful arrests of fugitives on the wanted list will be rewarded with a report prize of up to NT$1 million (the amount will be determined based on the severity level of punishment for the criminal offense involved). The MJIB guarantees the confidentiality of the reporter's identity. We hope that members of the public can kindly offer criminal intelligence to the MJIB to contribute to social security! (For criminal fugitives listed by the MJIB, please visit the MJIB website:
https://www.mjib.gov.tw/Crimes/Crimes_List).
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