Three french tourists face years in Thai jail for making false robbery claim on Samui

[cyberfarang]

1 hour ago, alien365 said:

Considering how many crimes result in a 500 baht fine and a wai, I'd be surprised if they were sentenced to three years in prison. A large fine would be good, but prison IMO should be for thieves and people who cause physical harm

This is different, these people have attempted to defraud a big company and big companies have a lot of power.

 

These people are thieves and criminals because what they do increases insurance premiums for everyone, including a massive waste of police time and resources, that diverts the police away investigating criminals. 

[Ctkong]

2 hours ago, seancbk said:

Why waste time locking them up in Thailand, just deport them with a 5 year ban and report them to the French Authorities and their Insurance company. 

Why should Thailand pay to keep them locked up?

 

Maybe giving them a dose of Thai hospitality ala bangkok Hilton to teach them a lesson? 

[natway09]

It is what liars, cheats & thieves deserve.

Scum like them cost us all  more expensive premiums

[Media1]

6 hours ago, Thian said:

Well done Thai Police....i wished you always did such great work.

3 years lol. Somchai get 2 for attempted murder. Not even. No good work sorry

[kcpattaya]

Bonjour.......

[timendres]

15 minutes ago, Ctkong said:

Maybe giving them a dose of Thai hospitality ala bangkok Hilton to teach them a lesson? 

Agreed. Three years is absurd for this crime. Lock them in Bangkok Hilton for at least a solid week or two, while you process their deportation. Lesson learned on this end. Make sure they are blacklisted for life not just 5 years. Send them home, and send the paperwork to the insurance company. The insurance company will make sure they are dealt with properly back home.

[timendres]

15 minutes ago, Ctkong said:

Maybe giving them a dose of Thai hospitality ala bangkok Hilton to teach them a lesson? 

Agreed. Three years is absurd for this crime. Lock them in Bangkok Hilton for at least a solid week or two, while you process their deportation. Lesson learned on this end. Make sure they are blacklisted for life not just 5 years. Send them home, and send the paperwork to the insurance company. The insurance company will make sure they are dealt with properly back home.

[PEE TEE]

Good for the police . Serves them right enjoy the Thai prison hospitality  

[Marley01]

5 hours ago, racket said:

Perhaps they should now call their insurance company to bail them out

Can see the gofundme page now

[digger70]

Great job .

[travelman6]

Serves them right, I hope they enjoy prison.

[Aussieroaming]

Imbeciles

[SammyT]

1 hour ago, Marley01 said:

Can see the gofundme page now

I've always wondered if it's worth donating the minimum amount to one of those gofundme pages just to leave a comment laughing at the people for the stupid situation they've got themselves in

[NCC1701A]

 

[Vacuum]

2 hours ago, cyberfarang said:

These people are thieves and criminals

...so are the insurance companies, banks etc.

[FitnessHealthTravel]

More quality Tourists...they can now stay in the Bangkok Hilton for a stint for their stunt...

[mikosan]

"GO TO JAIL: Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200."  I hope you enjoy it.  People like them <deleted> it up for everyone else.

[bristolgeoff]

silly frenchie,s should have known better they check now after any report and guess what they find everything in they room.enjoy the next 3 years

[metisdead]

Some nonsense posts and the replies have been removed. 

[Chris Renaix]

Clever people...  I do hope they get their time in jail.  This is not Europe, the jails are somewhat less comfortable here.  Will show them just right for making false claims.

[moe666]

19 hours ago, SammyT said:

Had a friend who worked in insurance in NZ, he reckoned it was rife in any countries where corruption, laziness or incompetence within the police is rife. They used to get tonnes of those claims from South American countries where a couple of USD and the desk cop will write anything on the report. The old "my bag with my $5k watch, laptop, wallet and expensive camera got stolen, here's the police report" was very common. 

 

I'll let you draw your own conclusions as to whether the above descriptions may cover these countries...

Insurance fraud happens every where not just some countries. 

[hotchilli]

So an attempt at an insurance claim to off-set the cost of their holiday...

enjoy the next 3 years !!!

[huberthammer]

14 hours ago, Media1 said:

3 years lol. Somchai get 2 for attempted murder. Not even. No good work sorry

Police does not sentence people, so nothing to do with them. Great Job RTP, get those scummers out of here.

[Chongalulu]

17 hours ago, car720 said:

Thailand has changed.

It used to be that the Thais were dumb and the crooks living here were intelligent.

Tables have turned. 

An exception doesn’t make a rule....or one swallow doesn’t make a summer....

[DashRye]

This puts spot light on genuine cases. They will be harassed for sure, when they report it.
 
2 Years -  16 good(King birthday, Buddhist holidays) days  will workout like 1 year and 11 and 1/2 month can play Football for French Criminal team inside the jail.

No pun intended, Koh means island, why write " island of island Samui"?
 

I want to understand one thing about this news, im sure someone will explain.
So, these people they got robbed or lost their possessions claiming from the insurance. What insurance? Do they insure their possessions before they travel? My understanding is that they insure everything, cash money, Jewelries, cameras, whatever they have and pay for them before they travel, is that how it works? I travelled many countries in the world, never insured anything except i bought travel health insurance. Please someone enlighten me. I cannot imagine any insurance company will insure cash money...

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[SammyT]

2 hours ago, moe666 said:

Insurance fraud happens every where not just some countries. 

Thanks for the newsflash. The original question was - I wonder if ASEAN countries also have similar scams being run by tourists. That was the question I originally answered, citing a friend who worked in the insurance industry investigating fraud. My friend, who has worked in the industry for over 20 years, tells me that it is more likely to happen where there is slack law enforcement - i.e. he sees far more people trying to defraud travel insurance by making false police claims when travelling to "developing" countries as opposed to when travelling to countries with effective and less-corrupt police forces. 

 

But I'm glad you enlightened me that it also happened in other countries too. Well done. 

[Anotify]

Lock them up .and send them back to their country of origin ei Mid east ..

[Mac98]

Why should they be charged? Whenever women get caught filing false rape reports they just walk away. Besides ruining a life, the government  could be on the hook for thousands of dollars each year on each prisoner, plus the investigation and court costs.

[Tchooptip]

21 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

Bonjour.......

No! Rather, au revoir 

[Jimdandy]

No baguettes and croissants  in the slammers that's for sure