Actor Deemed Flight Risk In ‘Dragon Coin’ Scam

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Jiratpisit “Boom” Jaravijit taken into police custody on Thursday.

 

BANGKOK — An actor linked to a massive cryptocurrency scam was denied bail Friday as police allege his fugitive brother masterminded the lucrative con.

 

Jiratpisit “Boom” Jaravijit, 27, has been held at the Criminal Court after his arrest yesterday at a Bangkok shopping mall where he was filming. The Crime Suppression Division said it was seeking arrest warrants for five or six additional suspects they say conspired to trick a Finnish businessman into investing Bitcoin worth almost 800 million baht in several shell companies.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2018/08/10/actor-deemed-flight-risk-in-dragon-coin-scam/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-08-10

That's about 25 million U.S.  Tidy sum, to say the least.

 

Is that a Rolex he has on his wrist?

I’m sorry but......who in their right mind would hand over 800 million Baht to a bunch of Thais in a cryptocurrency related business?

20 minutes ago, Stoker58 said:

I’m sorry but......who in their right mind would hand over 800 million Baht to a bunch of Thais in a cryptocurrency related business?

Someone who requires a laundry. Perhaps

Edited August 10, 20187 yr by lovelomsak

58 minutes ago, lovelomsak said:

Someone who requires a laundry. Perhaps

 Certainly more to this than meets the eye. The fact that the police arrested them at all is in itself suspicious. You’d expect it to be handled in a, err, different way.

Seems he is only interested in looking at the monitor to see if he has a hair out of place !

2 hours ago, lovelomsak said:

Someone who requires a laundry. Perhaps

Very likely and not just in Thailand. This to the tune of $3billion in India:

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/cryptokidnapping-or-how-to-lose-3-billion-of-bitcoin-in-india/articleshow/65347828.cms

 

3 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Is that a Rolex he has on his wrist?

Yes but the policeman is only borrowing it.

Update: The Criminal Court later Friday granted bail for Jiratpisit on a bond of 2 million baht. It gave the rationale that because the actor was working in a public place at the time of his arrest, he had no intention to flee.

 

Oh yes, because he is filming and didn't know an arrest warrant was issued,  he can't be bothered with the multiple year jail time hanging above his head.

Not sure I believe this story that's not Big Joke.?

And apparently now he has been granted bail. The mind boggles

as soon as a  Thai suspect is deemed a flight risk, a Thai court will grant bail. It's a law of nature.

I would not give this kid 100 baht the tosser.

1 hour ago, upu2 said:

And apparently now he has been granted bail. The mind boggles

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