Thai couple print money - and change it into real cash after using top-up terminals

[webfact]

Thai couple print money - and change it into real cash after using top-up terminals

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Nakhon Sawan in north/central Thailand have announced the arrest of a young Thai couple who bought a printer and printed more than 60,000 baht in 100s and 500s.

 

Nattaphong, 27, and Sasinpha, 21, were nabbed at a house in Thung Thong sub-district.

 

Taken into evidence were a fake 500 baht bill, 609 counterfeit 100 baht bills, a printer, a pink and white Honda Dream, two phones, and a Kasikorn bank account book in the husband's name containing 154,000 baht. 

 

The case came to light after a company called Ban Telecom (2005) reported that many of their clients had been defrauded by the couple who were using "Bun Term" terminals for online phone credit.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The company admitted to police that some of their machines had a problem with sensors and were able to accept fake notes. The top-ups were then transferred by the couple to their bank account and turned into real money. 

 

Natthapong and Sasinpha said they learned how to counterfeit money on Tik Tok, said provincial police deputy Pol Col Narongsak Phromtha.

 

They invested in a printer and scanned a real note in and started printing money. 

 

It was not 100% perfect but it did the trick. They admitted to doing it 62 times for a total of 60,900 baht using the money for household expenses and trips.

 

They would travel all over the province looking for Bun Term terminals and were caught after CCTV was examined.

 

They are now in custody for counterfeiting and theft. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Oldie]

Interesting. Will have to buy new ink for my old printer ????

[ChipButty]

They've just told the whole of Thailand how to do it, sales of printers will go up next week

[NotYourBusiness]

Be very careful. Governments hate competition.

[Crossy]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

The company admitted to police that some of their machines had a problem with sensors and were able to accept fake notes.

 

I find this incredible in the 21st century. Even the most basic of note validators should be able to detect a forgery done with a printer.

 

[4MyEgo]

[NCC1701A]

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

Natthapong and Sasinpha said they learned how to counterfeit money on Tik Tok,

graduates of Tik Tok University? You would think they would be harder to catch. 

[bluesofa]

13 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I find this incredible in the 21st century. Even the most basic of note validators should be able to detect a forgery done with a printer.

Perhaps the flaw above is 'in the 21st century'?

[kevin612]

It is very critical for such matter, life time in jail.

[lom]

51 minutes ago, webfact said:

"Bun Term" terminals

Are those the red metal thingies outside most 7/11 and which looks like bubblegum vending machines?

[NanLaew]

21 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

Natthapong and Sasinpha said they learned how to counterfeit money on Tik Tok,

graduates of Tik Tok University? You would think they would be harder to catch. 

 

They should have stuck with the dancing.

[bluesofa]

13 minutes ago, lom said:

1 hour ago, webfact said:

"Bun Term" terminals

Are those the red metal thingies outside most 7/11 and which looks like bubblegum vending machines?

It's a good question. I have no idea either. Googling the phrase only turned up pictures of bun mee noodles or sweet buns.

Does anyone have a photo of one?

[OneeyedJohn]

If anyone can, a Canon can.

[chuang]

What kind of ATM accepts photo-copied bank notes....what kind of security measures the bank provides...

[AlfHuy]

Now, some wise people in special coloured uniforms will go big in.

They buy a professional printer and start to print 8000Baht notes. (they don't exist yet but it may work).

Give it a go.

[AlfHuy]

Soon available on Zalada(????) and Halibarba.

Comes directly from the country were everything is copied. No worries, no questions asked.

[AlfHuy]

3 minutes ago, chuang said:

What kind of ATM accepts photo-copied bank notes....what kind of security measures the bank provides...

The lady of the night.

Give her a 5000Baht bank note as a tip.

[Shot]

60k in notes, and 65k for color ink. 

[JeffersLos]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They would travel all over the province

 

I'm not a criminal mastermind, but wouldn't it be better to overnight bus it to a province far far away with a bag of difference clothes etc and use small local buses to travel around to the machines. Then get a few different buses home avoiding big stations if possible. 

[AlfHuy]

17 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

 

I'm not a criminal mastermind, but wouldn't it be better to overnight bus it to a province far far away with a bag of difference clothes etc and use small local buses to travel around to the machines. Then get a few different buses home avoiding big stations if possible. 

inspector Clouseau on the case.

[AlfHuy]

That's a new business idea.

 

All farangs coming back to Thailand, straight into quarantine, no chance to go to an ATM.

Get in touch with this "creative" entrepreneur. He brings you the money you need. Just hand over your $$:/£/EUR etc.

[sherwood]

Bless em. Give them a job in the Govt someplace, at least they came up with something that worked even if only for awhile. 555

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The company admitted to police that some of their machines had a problem with sensors and were able to accept fake notes. The top-ups were then transferred by the couple to their bank account and turned into real money. 

 

Natthapong and Sasinpha said they learned how to counterfeit money on Tik Tok, said provincial police deputy Pol Col Narongsak Phromtha.

I don’t know which of those two paragraphs makes me laugh more. 
 

 Nice to have some end of year humour. 

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai couple print money - and change it into real cash after using top-up terminals

 

 

Was it the couple in brown?

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

Was it the couple in brown?

They are now. They were originally in white, until they were caught and both suffered a 'medical emergency', but were unable to get to a toilet in time.

[Muzzique]

2 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

I'm not a criminal mastermind, but wouldn't it be better to overnight bus it to a province far far away with a bag of difference clothes etc and use small local buses to travel around to the machines. Then get a few different buses home avoiding big stations if possible. 

 

Sounds like you have this all mapped out.

All you need is printer and a bag of fake beards and you're away. 

[RichardColeman]

You just know this story will create an explosion in printer sales

[LawrenceN]

4 hours ago, bluesofa said:

It's a good question. I have no idea either. Googling the phrase only turned up pictures of bun mee noodles or sweet buns.

Does anyone have a photo of one?

Took less than a minute in a google search. บุญเติม

 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

They've just told the whole of Thailand how to do it, sales of printers will go up next week

Tik Tok has a lot to offer it seems.

[m Stender]

Normally will any new copy/printer refuse to copy any money bills, and if you are trying more than 3 times it will lock, and can only be restored by a technician, and it is amazing that the vendor machine is accepting the counterfeit notes.