firemans35

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A Kazakh businessman filed a complaint with the Phuket Governor after being tricked by Ukrainian and Thai men into investing in a real estate project in the province. However, he has not received any profits from the investment.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, Takhir, who was one of the project’s partners,

Was he an investor or partner. There is a difference. Perhaps he was both or he thought he was both.

On 12/8/2024 at 8:47 AM, Georgealbert said:

The incident has sparked a wave of online discussion about the behaviour of some tourists visiting Thailand under the country’s relaxed visa policies.

So more strict visa policies will stop or reduce this type of incident? 

I wonder what the chances are that they will try skipping out of the country all paid for by the red bull clan. Or some mysterious accident.

29 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/11/alan-dershowitz-donald-trump-what-happened-218359/

 

How a liberal Harvard professor became Trump’s most distinguished defender on TV, freaked out his friends and got the legal world up in arms.

"liberal Harvard professor" He's still an intelligent man when it comes to law but I believe he is known more for constitutional law

5 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Do you have a link to that Comey quote?

 

Trump committed crimes and got convicted. It speaks volumes about you that you support a criminal.

I personally heard him say it during an interview while promoting his book. At the time i stated this was election interference. No one listened. a few years later I saw this

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1236006350395802

and since you asked that question I started to do a search for the video, there is loads of stuff but that exact video I don't have the time at the moment to search for. Possible later today.

14 hours ago, 2008bangkok said:

Amazing how these Thai men treat the women like they own them.

Somebody shagged my wife I'd just say fine you don't want me so I'll go. 

And I would be very happy to be free from her! I have a thai girlfriend whom I care for dearly but if we ever break it off I will never have another girlfriend. I love my freedom.

3 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

Who was it? Where did you hear it. Otherwise, means nothing

Alan Dershowitz 

7 hours ago, jacob29 said:

 

Not in itself illegal, I would wager a great number of shell companies exist, and not just in Thailand.

 

Citation? Employment agencies are very routine, found in all countries - they sit between employer and employee and skim a commission. It's a legitimate business, and the work permit is incidental to this operation.

 

What is illegal, is Thai nominee shareholders, and (where it applies) not actually employing four Thai employees per foreign work permit, not paying tax etc. In this case it sounds like the issue was Thai nominees, and potentially bogus Thai employees on payroll.

No more than two years ago I read an article written by a Thai legal expert about foreigners forming companies skirting the system with the sole purpose of buying land to live on. The article said a true company must have employees, actually doing some business and all the documents taxes etc that go with a true business. If the Thai government found the company wasn't a true business the foreigner could have his land taken. 

1 minute ago, firemans35 said:

If I remember correctly technically each Thai shareholder is supposed to have a certain amount of money. I forget the exact amount but it was around 1,000,000 baht. I doubt this Thai has 270,000,000 but it's possible. No more than two years ago I read an article written by a Thai legal expert about foreigners forming companies skirting the system with the sole purpose of buying land to live on. The article said a true company must have employees, actually doing some business and all the documents taxes etc that go with a true business. If the Thai government found the company wasn't a true business the foreigner could have his land taken. Perhaps in the case of this article these companies were being formed with the sole purpose of skirting the immigration laws, the companied weren't a true business and were only formed to allow people to stay in Thailand.

Yeah I know my comment posted twice. I clicked submit but the was no action that let me know my comment posted. 

19 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

 

...but gave no specific details in the story. Other than the business must not have more than 49% foreign ownership. A very greay area as to what is "fraudulent" or "bogus". The companies were formed as per the rules by all accounts (or they wouldn'y have been formed) but the authorities don't like it. OK the Thai lady has interests in 270 companies. Maybe she's just very successful. It is clear that "authorities" do not like what is happening but to call it "fraud" is a stretch. Who is actaullay being defrauded and losing their money? As usual the story is light on specifics.

 

If I remember correctly technically each Thai shareholder is supposed to have a certain amount of money. I forget the exact amount but it was around 1,000,000 baht. I doubt this Thai has 270,000,000 but it's possible. No more than two years ago I read an article written by a Thai legal expert about foreigners forming companies skirting the system with the sole purpose of buying land to live on. The article said a true company must have employees, actually doing some business and all the documents taxes etc that go with a true business. If the Thai government found the company wasn't a true business the foreigner could have his land taken. Perhaps in the case of this article these companies were being formed with the sole purpose of skirting the immigration laws, the companied weren't a true business and were only formed to allow people to stay in Thailand.

On 5/15/2024 at 5:18 PM, Bday Prang said:

And another,   could somebody please drag Donald Trump into this thread too, just to keep it balanced

Wrong. I asked not because of the story we're all talking about. I asked because of the other person and the person you quoted.

2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

 

The "Pussy club " ?

 

No, that bar is closed in the photo.

3 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Statutes of limitation are usually applied to prevent ambushing defendants with surprises many years after an allegation.

 

If the legal action has already started before the limitation applies, there is no ambush and surely the case can proceed to verdict?

My thoughts also

When does the red bull guy get to come home?

In January 2012 I was tourist sitting on a bench in from of my hotel, the flipper house (Soi 7 I think)in Pattaya when I was approached by a man looking distraught and wearing a small backpack. He claimed to be a Norwegian man down on his luck, money stolen, no way to get home, he claimed he had tried begging for money at a Norwegian bar just down the soi, all he wanted was enough money to get to the Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok. I knew it could be a scam but didn't mind so I gave him 140 baht if I remember correctly, he said thanks and took off. Fast forward two years. I was living in Pattaya on Pratnumnak Hill ( I think that was Soi 7 also) when I went for a walk. Just at the top of the street was a man looking lost carrying a small. I recognized him almost immediately. It was the same man from two years prior. I'm not sure if he asked for money I said "Oh I guess you never made it home to Norway. I gave you money because you said you need to go to your Embassy so you could go home." His only reply was "You must be mistaken." A few weeks later I saw him behind Big C Extra on central Rd acting the same way. Then not long after that I saw him with a group of other men talking. If it hadn't been laughable I would had a Thai friend call the Police.

On 9/1/2023 at 12:58 PM, Harsh Jones said:

who was her new bf ?

A Bosnian man she meet in a Bosnian bar in St. Louis Missouri.

In the U.S. the typical height of a "Floor" is 10 feet. He went to the 29th floor which means he had 28 beneath so 280 feet, In Thailand the standard is probably 12 feet, I'm not sure but if so that's 336 feet. I did just a little looking online about how many feet it takes for a parachute to open. The one answer I will attached below says it depends on the type of jump and the parachute. Perhaps the jumper didn't know. 

It depends on what you mean by NEED to pull your chute. A BASE rig that’s packed properly and deployed properly can open pretty fast (100 feet or less). I’ve seen video of someone doing a BASE jump into a quarry filled with water from less than 100. He had just enough time to slow down before hitting the water. The guy helping him jumped in after him without a rig on and was fine. For most BASE jumping, 300 feet is the general rule of thumb, that gives you enough time for your chute to deploy and get to a safe place to land.

If you’re talking about a skydiving rig falling at terminal velocity, it takes a lot longer. I pull at 3,500 feet above ground level. People I know with a lot more experience pull at the same altitude, I’ve met some that go down as low as 2,500, but not many and everyone thinks they’re crazy. If anything goes wrong, I want time to cut away my main and pull my reserve before it’s too late. Depending on your equipment and how it’s packed, it can take around 500 - 800 feet to deploy, a hard opening will open faster, but that’s gonna hurt.

The last resort on a skydiving rig is an Automatic Activation Device (AAD). Mine is set to pull my reserve at 875 feet if I’m moving too fast. That gives me just enough time to pull my brakes and land were ever I happen to be. It’s a last effort to save your life and basically does it at the last possible second before you die.

6 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

I think that’s a little overkill…

 

Not at all. I had a friend robbed at gun point by a Thai taxi driver.

2 hours ago, Lopburikid said:

6 days in hospital, dengue fever, private room, doctor every day, treatment every day 24-hour attention. After 6 days B38,300 paid for by health insurance, 1 hour after sending bill. My annul Health Insurnace is B58,000. so got most of my money back after one visit.

What Insurance do you have?

A few years ago the Chinese tried doing this in the U.S., to the best of my knowledge the U.S. Gov stopped it. Below are a few comments from others I feel is so true about Thai's and their government. 

"I wish there was a place to send these Thai politicians to grow a spine or grow a pair. No wonder self respect is one trait Thais aren’t aware of."

"Nothing like demonstrating to the whole world that you are so inept, so pathetic that you give up your sovereignty to allow a foreign power to come in and look after public safety.

Dont expect an average person there to realize how appalling this really is!"

I've read two stories about this guy. 1. While PM he had many Northern people suspected of drug trafficking killed. No prison no trial. 2. There was an article about Japanese WWII gold being found in a cave, he said he saw it and it would solve all of Thailand economic problems, in another article he said he was mistaken.

I had a wife that went missing for 2 weeks, came back a few days and was gone again. Didn't know where she was. Ended she had been in a few different places hundreds of miles apart traveling with her new boyfriend. Ha ha. Biggest C U Next Tuesday I've ever met in my life, not just because of this but because of many other things.