Irish ex-pat and his wife arrested in Sattahip for alleged online scams to the tune of 500,000 baht

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

An Irish ex-pat and his wife have been arrested in Sattahip after allegedly offering to sell cheap iPhones and iPads online and not sending the products after payments were made. The damage is currently estimated at 500,000 baht, according to Consumer Protection Police familiar with the case.
 
Colonel Neti Wongkularp from the Consumer Protection Police (CPP) told the associated Thai press, “We have arrested Ms. Kotchawan, 36, and Mr. Darragh, 43, an Irish national at a house in Sattahip earlier this week.”

 

“Both suspects are facing multiple charges of defrauding the public including consumer fraud and entering false computer data.” Colonel Neti stated.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/02/irish-ex-pat-and-his-wife-arrested-in-sattahip-for-alleged-online-scams-to-the-tune-of-500000-baht/

 

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[tonray]

I guess "The Luck of the Irish" has run out

[mvdf]

Quite complex and sophisticated man-in-the-middle m.o. and went through great lengths to obfuscate the payment and delivery trail by using gold shops' bank accounts and untraceable drop addresses. So much premeditation there which will inevitably reflect on their eventual sentence. Last haul was probably a controlled delivery.

[Hayduke]

 

Let’s hope these sloppy, ill-conceived, and poorly planned impromptu photo ops won’t be replacing the slick, glamorous, giant vinyl boards so essential to modern crime fighting.

 

 

 

Edited October 3, 2021 by Hayduke

[smedly]

oh dear, lesson to learn here is never transfer money without seeing the merchandise especially on FB Market

 

well done to the Thai police involved

[ChipButty]

He should have kissed the Blarney Stone

[AwwYesNice1]

Was his lass eating all the profits?

[tonray]

2 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

He should have kissed the Blarney Stone

He'll have plenty of opportunity to kiss the ground soon enough....he'll be wishing the "banshee" will come and take him

[sammieuk1]

To be sure to be sure Paddy is up the bog side ????

[BestB]

I wonder if it’s the guy who was selling iPhones and iPads , somehow always managed to steal peoples FB accounts or duplicate . If that’s the case , it’s a lot more than 500000, I personally know people who lost about 100000 to him

[Henryford]

Hard to believe people send what 20,000 baht on trust when they can just walk into a shop and buy a new phone for that.

[HappyGoLuckyLife]

Think their house will be for rent sometime around November '22? I mean, I doubt they'll be needing it. ????

[Phuketshrew]

I wonder if the fashion police will press extra charges for his hideous shorts and Mickey Mouse shirt?

[steven100]

very messy and dirty photo op,   wasn't the tea room at the station available .....  and the lady with the pink mickey mouse shirt on needs a good haircut.  

 

RTP ,  lets get back to the finger pointing clean environment photo ops.

 

and get someone around to cut that grass ..... and clean the place up abit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 3, 2021 by steven100

[ezzra]

Don't you just hate those on-line fraudsters? those heartless soulless creeps that preys on the innocents and trusting, i hope they will throw the book at them and a big book at it too...

[norfolkandchance]

They needed the money to hire a Gardener.

[Chris.B]

2 hours ago, tonray said:

I guess "The Luck of the Irish" has run out

No luck of the Irish here just someone who is an absolute scumbag. ☹️

[tonray]

13 minutes ago, norfolkandchance said:

They needed the money to hire a Gardener.

Well certainly wasn't for a fashion consultant

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

 

An Irish ex-pat 

Which one is the Irish guy ? someone really needs to point at which one is the criminal as its difficulty to tell 

[shackleton]

He must be short of a few brain cells thinking they were going to get away with this scam ????

[ThailandRyan]

I hate when the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow runs dry and the Leprechaun is left to steal the kids Trix....or in this case peoples money...

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, tonray said:

I guess "The Luck of the Irish" has run out

I guess the ex-pat is now an Ex-paddy.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, tonray said:

I guess "The Luck of the Irish" has run out

To be sure to be sure.

[nausea]

Five hundred thou. over a year hardly seems worth the hassle and the risk; legitimate ways to make that much, even English teaching; guess the real figure is a lot higher.

[Anant72]

4 hours ago, smedly said:

oh dear, lesson to learn here is never transfer money without seeing the merchandise especially on FB Market

 

well done to the Thai police involved

 

49 minutes ago, nausea said:

Five hundred thou. over a year hardly seems worth the hassle and the risk; legitimate ways to make that much, even English teaching; guess the real figure is a lot higher.

This scam like most scams work because people are gullible, ignorant and greedy. Con artists should of course be punished but the people who fall for their scams have only themselves to blame. 

[bbko]

Ms. Kotchawan had been arrested three times for fraud before, according to the CPP, although they did not immediately comment on what penalties she served.

 

 

 

[tonray]

5 hours ago, bbko said:

Ms. Kotchawan had been arrested three times for fraud before, according to the CPP, although they did not immediately comment on what penalties she served.

 

 

 

His problems are only beginning, wait for the Disney lawsuit over the unlicensed T-Shirt

[brianthainess]

Looks like a micky mouse operation to me.  This could have been the bloke who sold my missus a real animal skin coat, turned out to be a donkey jacket !. 

[Bangel72]

So he was 'Pat' before but not anymore????

[Chris.B]

On 10/3/2021 at 11:06 AM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Which one is the Irish guy ? someone really needs to point at which one is the criminal as its difficulty to tell 

He is the person holding his papers upside down! ????