Police ‘break’ gang of scam artists, arrest leader

[rooster59]

Police ‘break’ gang of scam artists, arrest leader 

By The Nation

 

 

Officers from the Police Children and Women Protection Sub-Division recently arrested a so-called leader of a call-centre gang in Nonthaburi province for allegedly swindling people out of up to Bt20 million.

 

Pol Colonel Jirakrit Jaruyapat, superintendent of the sub-division, tasked Pol Lt-Colonel Piyarat Vessakosol with leading the operation armed with five arrest warrants to nab Wasuthorn Mingkhwan, 34, in Bang Kruay’s Tambon Bang Phai. 

 

Piyarat said the suspect was charged with running a call-centre with a group of Nigerians in Malaysia. Since 2015, members of the gang allegedly pretended to be officers from the Department of Special Investigation or participated in romantic scams to trick people into transferring money.

 

“This gang also deceived people by calling random numbers and convincing them to send money. These people were tricked out of more than a million baht,” he said. 

 

“The suspect has confessed. She was also slapped with two more arrest warrants before being sent to the Nonthaburi Police Station to face prosecution in coordination with the Anti-Money Laundering Office, which will look into the dubious financial transactions.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30376833

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-09-28

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[RichardColeman]

6 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

These people idiots were tricked out of more than a million baht,” he said.

 

[steven100]

12 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Nigerians in Malaysia

who would have guessed

[off road pat]

“This gang also deceived people by calling random numbers and convincing them to send money. These people were tricked out of more than a million baht,” he said.  !?!?

You have to be a special kind of IDIOT to give money to people you don't know and never knew !!!

[JimmyJ]

[observer90210]

Good thing the criminals were busted....as unfortunately with age, one can become a bit stupid and give in to such scams.....it does not only happen to others you know....

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, off road pat said:

“This gang also deceived people by calling random numbers and convincing them to send money. These people were tricked out of more than a million baht,” he said.  !?!?

You have to be a special kind of IDIOT to give money to people you don't know and never knew !!!

And Thailand has them in spades.....  excuse the pun !

[kingdong]

On 9/28/2019 at 9:48 AM, off road pat said:

“This gang also deceived people by calling random numbers and convincing them to send money. These people were tricked out of more than a million baht,” he said.  !?!?

You have to be a special kind of IDIOT to give money to people you don't know and never knew !!!

Thousands do,there's even a word for it,sponsoring.

[dallen52]

On 9/29/2019 at 10:30 AM, hotchilli said:

And Thailand has them in spades.....  excuse the pun !

Just put a picture of a monk and some lucky numbers and the cash will roll in.. ka ching.