Immigration police bust fraud scammers preying on Chinese people

[webfact]

Immigration police bust fraud scammers preying on Chinese people

 

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BANGKOK, 2 October 2018 (NNT) - The Immigration Police arrested online fraud scammers who had allegedly ripped 27 billion baht in cash off Chinese people before fleeing into Thailand. 

Acting Immigration Police Commissioner Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn announced the arrest of the group of scammers who had allegedly raised funds from the Chinese people worth 5.4 billion yuan, equivalent to 27 billion baht. 

He said hundreds of thousands of the Chinese had been tricked by these scammers into falsely believing that they would have obtained huge interests and investment returns by dealing with those online scammers. 

The Thai police had been informed by China's authorities about the whereabouts of the online scammers in Thailand, leading to the arrest of all suspects. One of the suspects was found using a Myanmar passport to enter Thailand, leading the police to conduct further investigation to see involvement of any officials in allegedly issuing a fake passport. 

A South Korean national was also arrested on alleged rape and physical assault charges. 

The suspect has been wanted by South Korea for seven counts of rape and assaults and reported to have lived in Thailand since April 2015. The police finally made the arrest at his house in Bangkok. The suspect has had his visa revoked, and been extradited to South Korea for prosecution.

 

-- nnt 2018-10-02

[Thian]

This man drives a huge Benz but the chair he sits on is too expensive to unwrap?

[Dexlowe]

3 minutes ago, Thian said:

This man drives a huge Benz but the chair he sits on is too expensive to unwrap?

 

His Benz is wrapped in plastic, too. It's a Thai thing.

[Cadbury]

The name "Big Joke" is wearing a bit thin. With this constant stream of self congratulatory media appearances he is progressively becoming "Laughing Stock".

It is most doubtful that he personally goes out and apprehends all these scammers and crooks but he is always there to claim the glory. Somehow he reminds me of someone else.

Don't be surprised if later he pops up as a political candidate on the PM's electoral team. There has to be a reason for all this publicity.

[animalmagic]

I'd like to know the nationality of the scammers.  To carry out an effective scam (27 billion baht seems to show it's effective) needs knowledge of the written and spoken language, plus an insight of the culture and mindset to craft the perfect temptation.

[sebastion]

I'd like to know the nationality of the scammers.  To carry out an effective scam (27 billion baht seems to show it's effective) needs knowledge of the written and spoken language, plus an insight of the culture and mindset to craft the perfect temptation.

It's Chinese of course.
Chinese rarely trust outsiders with investments.
Thais just don't want more negative Chinese publicity.

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[fullcave]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Immigration police bust fraud scammers preying on Chinese people

Should read "bust Chinese fraud scammers preying on Chinese people".

Edited October 2, 2018 by fullcave

[wendyfromoz]

So the headline is misleading.  The didn't actually bust the scammers they arrested them on behalf of the Chinese who provided their details and locations.  

[Scouse123]

3 hours ago, wendyfromoz said:

So the headline is misleading.  The didn't actually bust the scammers they arrested them on behalf of the Chinese who provided their details and locations.  

 

Of course,

 

You didn't really expect the RTP to engage in police work, did you?