Police impostor arrested for soliciting donations for boys trapped in Tham Luang

[snoop1130]

Police impostor arrested for soliciting donations for boys trapped in Tham Luang

 

 

A man who claimed to be a police officer has been arrested in Ayutthaya province for opening a bank account to illegally solicit donations from the general public to help the 12 youth footballers and their coach who have been trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district.

 

The man, who was later identified as Panya Decha, alias Lithang, 37, was arrested at a house in Tambon Bang Padaeng of Bang Pa-in district in a raid by a combined unit led by Ayutthaya governor Sujin Chaichusak and Bang Pa-in district officer Pairat Phetyuan.

 

The authorities found in the search of the house a bank account of Siam Commercial Bank, Khubon branch, of Mr Panya, a mobile phone and a computer.

 

Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/police-impostor-arrested-soliciting-donations-boys-trapped-tham-luang/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-6-29

[Rhys]

No picture of this enterprising... POS...

[overherebc]

Pond life coming to the surface.

[Cadbury]

Thai grafting slimebags are never ones to miss an opportunity. No surprises here; the country is full of them. From high ranking politicians down to village leaders.

 

Edited June 29, 2018 by Cadbury

[nasa123]

22 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

I'd hang him in front of the city hall until he's dry behind his ears. 

Hang him after the balls.

Edited June 29, 2018 by nasa123

[Jingthing]

Special place in hell ... blah blah blah 

[metisdead]

Some troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

[Sir Dude]

Man! Nothing is off limits here...geez. Scumbags round every corner plotting to leech and con (shakes head cynically).

[DrTuner]

These pop up as soon as there is a chance. I limit my philanthropies to targets I can see and verify. Too many scams.

[Expatthailover]

1 hour ago, Cadbury said:

Thai grafting slimebags are never ones to miss an opportunity. No surprises here; the country is full of them. From high ranking politicians down to village leaders.

 

Another usual suspect using a tragic event to vent his spleen on his unhappy life.

This sort of scumbag exists in every country in the same numbers.

But your desire to cast aspersions on the country that permits you reside here  ( remember you chose no one made you move to thailand) is blinding you.

[Expatthailover]

27 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

Man! Nothing is off limits here...geez. Scumbags round every corner plotting to leech and con (shakes head cynically).

It is a lowest of the low crime but to suggest all thais are like that is nothing less than racist

Oh please .

Bad people abound.

If it is as bad as you believe I'd be questionning why I live here.

Npbody is forcung you 

This sort of thing happens in the uk, usa, oz etc etc.

[Sir Dude]

Hello apologist troll...knew you would bite.

 

[Expatthailover]

Well done rtp they arrested the scammer already. 

As an example there are annual lists of fake charities in the us.

A infamous recent example is the florida shooting in february. Within hours scammers were collecting for victims and families.

Several occurred after the grenfell disaster.

Sorry to tell some of you on here but these werent thai people in those countries perpetrating the crime. They were locals.

Its awful that people could contemplare taking advantage in such tragic circumstances.

It is equally abhorrent that some use this situation to label and smear the entire thai populace.

[neeray]

_{Thanks Expatthailover for making it clear that predators exist worldwide. Of course some scum like this will exist in Thailand. I live in a very developed country, across the border from where that infamous president reigns (no, not Mexico).}

_{Most readers here would be aware of the hockey team and coach that were killed in an "accident" earlier this year (}horrific crash that killed 15 people, including players and the coach of the Humboldt Broncos). There were multiple efforts to solicit funds under dubious circumstances (A disturbing case of fraud has emerged out of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy. A scam artist created a fake Twitter and GoFundMe account for survivor .....).

"It is equally abhorrent that some use this situation to label and smear the entire thai populace." Agreed !

 

 

[InfinityandBeyond]

46 minutes ago, Expatthailover said:

It is a lowest of the low crime but to suggest all thais are like that is nothing less than racist

Oh please .

Bad people abound.

If it is as bad as you believe I'd be questionning why I live here.

Npbody is forcung you 

This sort of thing happens in the uk, usa, oz etc etc.

1) "It is a lowest of the low crime..." -   I agree. 

2) "...but to suggest all thais are like that is nothing less than racist" ' -  I respectfully disagree mainly because Thai is not a race but rather a nation forged in recent history by conquests and is an amalgam of culturally, biologically and linguistically distinct groups over the centuries. 

3) "Oh please .

Bad people abound." - I agree. 

4) "If it is as bad as you believe I'd be questionning why I live here." - Start questionning (sic) why you live here.  

5) "Npbody is forcung you" - Not yet in my case. But I haven't yet met that special "Npbody" to start "forcung" me. 

6) " This sort of thing happens in the uk, usa, oz etc etc." - I cannot deny the truth. I agree. You are correct. 

[Destiny1990]

Why a whole youngsters football team goes in a dark cave with their coach but without any other adults to join???

Edited June 30, 2018 by Destiny1990

[Media1]

Give this man a uniform

[Happyman58]

I just thought something funny. What if this guy was a real cop and the cops only said he was an imposter to save there image  Hey i was just being negative. We all know the cops here are corrupt and you would not put something like this past them

[digger70]

It doesn't matter what happens ,there are always some maggots trying to make money from any situation.  ?

[Lucky mike]

Conmen and scammers are not only in Thailand they unfortunately inhabit everywhere.   Most people I I have met in Thai are good people..

[Oziex1]

A police imposter, ok like all of the RTP.

[swanny321]

To paraphrase Blade:  'Some mofo's always trying to iceskate uphill!'

[tifino]

 

good to see his plot caved in...

[swanny321]

27 minutes ago, tifino said:

 

good to see his plot caved in...

 

Pity he didn't drown in a flood of donations.

[kannot]

On 6/29/2018 at 8:08 PM, Jingthing said:

Special place in hell ... blah blah blah 

you'd  have to believe in fairy tales though to go there

[kannot]

6 hours ago, Lucky mike said:

Conmen and scammers are not only in Thailand they unfortunately inhabit everywhere.   Most people I I have met in Thai are good people..

you never know if anyones good  or  not

[Lucky mike]

1 minute ago, kannot said:

you never know if anyones good  or  not

Up to you....

[brucec64]

The penalties for parasites like this who feed on disaster should be no different than for shooting looters on sight.

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[nausea]

Another bottom feeder, get a tragedy and all the bottom feeders will crawl out of their holes.

[InfinityandBeyond]

On 6/30/2018 at 9:04 PM, kannot said:

you never know if anyones good  or  not

Yep. The best conmen never leave a trace-except empty bank accounts. 

If they showed their true colours, they would be out of business in a heartbeat.