Dutchman from Phuket arrested for ‘Shopping Mall’ app scam

[ctxa]

16 minutes ago, chercheur888 said:

I only wish that the Thai woman (not HiSo) who was/is married to a German Dentist at the time in Chalong and for whom has an arrest warrant been issued in 2016 for cheating me and others of various amounts, would one day be arrested as well. Even with brown encouragements (not given to traffic police) not much happened, except writing off the encouragements as well????

And yes, I switch off my brain at the time as others did too.

If she has an arrest warrant and not arrested yet, she probably isn’t in LOS 

[sammieuk1]

Wonder who's job it is to place red arrows on a vinyl board ????

[robsamui]

if true then how come the domain reg was 15 months ago - it was all renewed in January - and all names on the website & domain reg are Chinese with addresses in China?

 

ALSO - how about all the victims in other countries - Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Burma, Laos?

 

Quite evident that this Dutchman is just the leader of one cell in the south of T'land.

[Mike k]

17 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What BS was it this time that people believed in?

I am sure many of them will look now for the next opportunity to "invest" the rest of their money.

Can't fix stupid these are probably the same kind of people that believe in free stuff from the government 

[chercheur888]

9 hours ago, ctxa said:

If she has an arrest warrant and not arrested yet, she probably isn’t in LOS 

She got arrested by the DSI early last year in BKK for same issue, but unfortunately it seems that HKT and BKK are not in the same country or at least not on the same system. She tried to get to Germany, but was refused visa for the EU

[ctxa]

1 hour ago, chercheur888 said:

She got arrested by the DSI early last year in BKK for same issue, but unfortunately it seems that HKT and BKK are not in the same country or at least not on the same system. She tried to get to Germany, but was refused visa for the EU

 

That's too sad to hear. At least she wont be going to Europe.

[balo]

I hate this people so much I want to punch them in the face and then I want to do something stupid not worth mentioning here. 

[metisdead]

21 hours ago, Mike Rodik said:

the article here does not even state what he did ... clickbait for other papers ?

 

It might help if you were to read the full story that is linked at the bottom of the opening post:

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/dutchman-from-phuket-arrested-for-shopping-mall-app-scam -79023.php

[Maitdjai]

Another story about a "sensational" success in an investigation!

A "Dutchman" from Phuket is captured! Wow.
Quotation:
“Mr Wesley monitored the app every day at about 11am and invited people to join the scheme. Applications to join the scheme opened in October last year..."

So he seems to be a "real" mastermind of this system.

Quotation:

“The man, his wife and child were about to flee the country. If they could get out of the country, about B100 million would have gone with them, as they had already transferred it to the banks in a neighbouring country..."

How they know it's about 100 Million just with him? It sounds like he money is already abroad, right? How did this been achieved? I don't think it's that "simple" to transfer this huge amounts of money out of Thailand, to foreign banks.

Or did he had suitcases full of cash with him? 

Is it NOT known, that the suspected "masterminds" behind the scheme are from China, Honkong and Singapore, or where ever?
What's about the holders of those many, many Thai bank accounts, which had been used to collect money from the "victims" and transfer the profits to them, as long as the scheme worked?
I can't imagine, that it all worked through "international" money transfers, because it's not possible.
Thai banks "should" be able, to give information, how high the real turnaround was, and what happened to the balances. Cashed, or transfered to where? Should be easy to find out, or not?
Many questions! Just follow the money, instead of overselling, for detaining one person, where it's not sure, if he's just a high winning
participant of this "ponzi-scheme".
I don't support those ponzi shemes, but: If I get promised multifolded profits, I've to know, that there must (!) be a risk. That's the same in a casino, in stocks-, bit-coin- or Forex trade.
 

 

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by Maitdjai

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm...stupidity and greed is a terrible combination

[KarenBravo]

On 2/16/2021 at 8:49 AM, wavodavo said:

An old  saying..A fool and his money soon do part .

 

I prefer Dorothy Parker's version.

 

"A fool and his money are soon partying".

[fuzzie]

He would of got away with 100.000 000 bhat , but he left to many crumbs for the police..????????????

On 2/16/2021 at 4:57 AM, fdsa said:

lol, that's just a middleman, the creators and owners of the ponzi app are Chinese.

 

[Roel]

According to his facebook page he worked most of his live in the timeshare business.

 

Interesting what he posted on 3 november 2020:

 

The world, humanity; fully filled with to much greed, selfishness, and money. The world shows people to only think about themselves and no one else. Fight, stand up for yourself and your loved ones and show only Love ! Be better then them, stay yourself! Fight for those people close around you as they deserve better, you deserve better. Being healthy, having a roof above your head, being able to eat and live is all that matters, stay positive no matter what, let's not forget!! Be happy to live! Peace people peace! Karma does the rest Going to leave it like this

[Patong2021]

I do not think we have complete story here. Based upon past schemes, the work, crime intelligence and push to shut down the operation comes from outside Thailand. Forgive my suspicion, but I agree as is said in early part of this discussion, this is just one part of a multination fraud.