British expat arrested for selling counterfeit watches in Pattaya

 

 

A British man has been arrested in Pattaya for allegedly selling counterfeit luxury watches.

 

Acting on a tip off, police arrested the 44 year old British man, named Mark, at a condominium on Pattaya Beach Road at around 2pm on Tuesday.

 

Police seized 12 counterfeit watches, which they say have an estimated street value in excess of 100,000 baht. 

 

Police said Mark sold the watches to unsuspecting customers via Instagram and WhatsApp.

 

 

An Instagram profile which lists the watches for sales was still online at the time of publishing. 

 

Mark was arrested after police launched a sting operation by pretending to be a customer interested in buying the watches.

 

Following his arrest, Mark revealed he bought the watches from a 45 year old Thai man who has now also been arrested. 

 

Police seized a further 40 fake watches from the Thai man.

 

Both men are now facing charges of selling counterfeit goods, while the British man may also be charged for working without a work permit. 

 

Mark, who has lived in Pattaya for several years and is well known among the expat community, was described by a friend to Thaivisa as a “loveable rogue who just lost his way”

 

 

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A lovable rogue on his way home with a ban let us hope. 

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Mark revealed he bought the watches from a 45 year old Thai man who has now also been arrested.

 

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

was described by a friend to Thaivisa as

................................Mark the Grass ! ????????????

Edited January 14, 20206 yr by Thaiwrath

Hilarious ! Thais are selling these all over the place !  Ah Thailand fair and balanced 

Poor ole Mark, his last prospective customer was a short chubby man, who was not happy when Mark refused to lend him a watch, so he grassed poor man up to plod.

Quite right, this occupation is reserved for Thais only.

13 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

................................Mark the Grass ! ????????????

with some white lines

Racist police really, arrests based upon ethnicity. 

Thais do this all over the place. 

3 minutes ago, alant said:

Quite right, this occupation is reserved for Thais only.

What is? selling fake watches?

Best they go down MBK that many fake watches you can hear them going Tick Tok

40 minutes ago, webfact said:

Police seized 12 counterfeit watches, which they say have an estimated street value in excess of 100,000 baht. 

These fakes are getting pricey. Last time I bought a Rolex they were selling for 500THB back in the 80's.

He'll probably have to do some 'time' for this.

Let's 'face' it, he deserves more than the 'strap'.

Just put his 'hands' up and confessed, so he did.

Another criminal fraudster bites the dust.

Good job RTP.

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

Both men are now facing charges of selling counterfeit goods, while the British man may also be charged for working without a work permit. 

Seems a bit silly saying he had no permit to sell fake watches. Bit like saying he had no permit to be a thief

Edited January 15, 20206 yr by RichardColeman

I thought it was only thais doing that or Indians.but generally I would not bother buy a copy either.they look nice last 5 mins.only  first timers to pats would buy I imagine everyone else would not bother

49 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

Hilarious ! Thais are selling these all over the place !  Ah Thailand fair and balanced 

Exactly: he's doing a job that Thais can do. He needs a work permit. ????

43 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Poor ole Mark, his last prospective customer was a short chubby man, who was not happy when Mark refused to lend him a watch, so he grassed poor man up to plod.

Did the fat chubby man have about 19 luxury watches?

59 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

A lovable rogue on his way home with a ban let us hope. 

 

Granted, what he was doing wasn't right, but it wasn't exactly harmful to Thailand, was it? Is a ban really necessary? Give him a fine and let him know if he does it again the consequences will be more serious. Banning him from Thailand seems extreme and unduly harsh to me, and hardly fitting of the crime.

another "Brit" in the news and not in a good news

Just now, MasterBaker said:

another "Brit" in the news and not in a good news

oh, wait, he's still wearing a fake watch!

A foreigner selling fake watches in a third world country. Hell of a career path!????

1 minute ago, mstevens said:

 

Granted, what he was doing wasn't right, but it wasn't exactly harmful to Thailand, was it? Is a ban really necessary? Give him a fine and let him know if he does it again the consequences will be more serious. Banning him from Thailand seems extreme and unduly harsh to me, and hardly fitting of the crime.

If it is a 'crime' then he will have a criminal  record in Thailand maybe. Usually that can get a person banned. Thailand is in a position to be picky. 

42 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

What is? selling fake watches?

 

it was a joke...

He must have been desperate to take up selling fake watches.

regards Worgeordie

Mark unfortunately has no dead friends to bail him out???? 

Good to know he was arrested. Now there are ZERO counterfeit products in Pattaya! 

The real reason he was arrested was that when the cops came to "talk with him" he kept screaming  " Wai ! ?  Wai ! ? "    .    Obviously something was lost in translation ............

Edited January 15, 20206 yr by rumak

Don't need a watch - am on Thai time.  

Edited January 15, 20206 yr by Skallywag

43 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Seems a bit silly saying he had no permit to sell fake watches. Bit like saying he had no permit to be a thief

Thai logic ; 

Do not try to understand, moreover it is to begin to disobey 

58 minutes ago, WorriedNoodle said:

These fakes are getting pricey. Last time I bought a Rolex they were selling for 500THB back in the 80's.

10 years  back a genuine  Bali Rolex  was only the equivalent of 300THB. If I averaged the time each of the two I bought kept over a week it worked  out nearly accurate !