Thai ID for 2,500 baht, driving license 3,500 - forger arrested in Lampang

 

Image: Daily News

 

The Metropolitan police have announced the arrest of a forger who produced a large variety of Thai documents and IDs over a period of ten years. 

 

Computer expert Aphiwat Kanthawong, 32, had been earning up to 400,000 baht a month over the last decade, reported Daily News. 

 

He was arrested at a Lampang post office after inquiries from a similar bust in Phuket back in February. 

 

Through Line and Facebook he was selling fake title deeds (chanote), driving licenses, Thai ID cards, house registration documents (thabian ban), vehicle tax discs and vehicle registration books. 

 

He was caught with a 150,000 baht roll of film used to forge Department of Land Transport documents - he told investigators he bought the film on Ali Baba from China. 

 

He forged thousands of items. 

 

Here were his prices:

 

Thai ID card : 2,500 - 3,000 baht

Driving license: 3,500 - 4,000 baht

Title deeds: 5,000 baht

House registration: 3,500 - 6,000 baht

Vehicle tax discs: 1,500 baht

Vehicle registration book: 500 baht. 

 

Aphiwat boasted that his title deed forgeries were 99% accurate and his Thai ID cards 80%. 

 

The arrest was announced by Pol Maj Gen Panurat Lakbun who headed a metropolitan team investigating vehicular fraud. 

 

The cops said that the suspect earned between 200,000 and 400,000 baht a month.

 

Source: Daily News

It just go's to show how many dodgy Thai's there are if he is taking 400k per month just on his own its an embezzlers paradise here? 

17 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

It just go's to show how many dodgy Thai's there are if he is taking 400k per month just on his own its an embezzlers paradise here? 

Are you sure about that? 

Edited August 11, 20187 yr by AdamTheFarang

I wonder if he has a back-up of all of his documents produced,if he has there would be lots to follow up on.Could keep the police busy for years.How many court cases are there?This could be a very deep hole but that will depend on who is going to investigate.

8 minutes ago, jvs said:

I wonder if he has a back-up of all of his documents produced,if he has there would be lots to follow up on.Could keep the police busy for years....(snip)

IF...an impossible  'if'..the police would follow up on his and other who issued fake driver's licenses..it would remove a significant portion of

Thai's on the roads.  Fat chance that will happen.

24 minutes ago, AdamTheFarang said:

Are you sure about that? 

The amount of fraud and corruption that goes on here is simply astounding.

Guys like him are responsible for the mess on the roads, loads of people who bought a drivinglicense but still can't drive.

 

Lock him up forever and do the same with others like him.

That is very expencive.... I only pay 200 baht for driving licinse at dlt om sukumwith and no need to take the 4 tests

 

6 hours ago, LukDod said:

IF...an impossible  'if'..the police would follow up on his and other who issued fake driver's licenses..it would remove a significant portion of

Thai's on the roads.  Fat chance that will happen.

You very much underestimate the RTP. They always follow up on cases like this and always come with great results.

Don't you know about the case of those forgers of foreign origin (Pakistani I think) just a couple of years ago ? they discovered a whole network !!!

What about the people who bought the forged documents from him? They knew the documents were forgeries so they have been aiding and abetting him

Thailand 4.0!

10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thai ID card : 2,500 - 3,000 baht

Driving license: 3,500 - 4,000 baht

Title deeds: 5,000 baht

House registration: 3,500 - 6,000 baht

Vehicle tax discs: 1,500 baht

Vehicle registration book: 500 baht. 

Bet it was the crocks at the Land Registry who reported him for undercutting their prices... 

7 hours ago, BEngBKK said:

That is very expencive.... I only pay 200 baht for driving licinse at dlt om sukumwith and no need to take the 4 tests

 

Cost me only 500 baht for a real one....

If you spot 1rat....

So they got one guy. How many more are still out there making bogus stuff?

20 hours ago, BEngBKK said:

That is very expencive.... I only pay 200 baht for driving licinse at dlt om sukumwith and no need to take the 4 tests

 

I need one of these ?

On 8/11/2018 at 12:03 PM, Thian said:

Guys like him are responsible for the mess on the roads, loads of people who bought a drivinglicense but still can't drive.

 

Lock him up forever and do the same with others like him.

As someone that did the full Thai driving test process for both motorcycle and car (since at the time I lived in a backwood province and they were adamant it wasn't possible to get one on the basis my foreign license) I would suggest the issue is with the actual test process.

Driving a car / bike around a go kart sized track for 5 minutes without hitting any cones or forgetting to indicate at the two "junctions", and performing a parallel park with enough space for a minibus isn't especially in depth. Especially when if one fails they can return the next day and try again, and repeat until they pass.

Edited August 12, 20187 yr by rwdrwdrwd

19 hours ago, upu2 said:

What about the people who bought the forged documents from him? They knew the documents were forgeries so they have been aiding and abetting him

Lock them up!

80% accurate? What did he do, spell Somchai with an n?