Forty-two Taiwanese and two Chinese suspects have been arrested in the Philippines over a sophisticated Internet scam targeting compatriots back home, police said on Thursday.

The suspects—who posed as police officers, prosecutors, judges and anti-money laundering officials —cheated people from Taiwan and China out of their money by claiming they could safeguard their cash, a police statement said.

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