Man arrested for hiring 12 luxurious cars and selling them to used car dealers

[webfact]

 

Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police have arrested a former army sergeant on charges of counterfeiting and using counterfeit official documents and fraud, for allegedly hiring luxurious cars from car hire services and then selling them to used car dealers using the falsified documentation.

 

Pol Lt-Col Surachet Dechaphan, deputy superintendent of the 3rd subdivision of the CSD, said today (Saturday) that the suspect, identified only as “Jesada”, had tricked several car hire services into renting 12 luxurious cars to him, worth about 76 million baht, which he and his associates later sold to used car dealers.

 

Three used car hire services have already filed complaints with the CSD, claiming that the cars they had rented out to Jesada have not been returned and the man could not be located.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/man-arrested-for-hiring-12-luxurious-cars-and-selling-them-to-used-car-dealers/

 

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[SAFETY FIRST]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 hiring luxurious cars from car hire services and then selling them to used car dealers 

???? Clever guy ????

Edited July 31, 2022 by SAFETY FIRST

[ezzra]

Using falsified documents, them documents must have been of the highest quality job that of all the cars buyers in this country he managed to foo car dealers whom are at the top pf their games and especially with luxury cars...well, it is true that suckers born every minute...

Edited July 31, 2022 by ezzra

[2baht]

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

???? Clever guy ????

Yes, the handcuffs confirm just how clever he is!

[sawadee1947]

How you can sell a car without the papers?

And what kind of second hand car dealers would pay for those cars?????

[Andrew Dwyer]

12 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

How you can sell a car without the papers?

And what kind of second hand car dealers would pay for those cars?????

From the op:

” Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police have arrested a former army sergeant on charges of counterfeiting and using counterfeit official documents and fraud, for allegedly hiring luxurious cars from car hire services and then selling them to used car dealers using the falsified documentation “

[Liverpool Lou]

29 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

How you can sell a car without the papers?

And what kind of second hand car dealers would pay for those cars?????

There are plenty of used car traders who deal in that kind of car if the faked papers appear legitimate.

"After renting the car, he and his associate would use falsified documents to claim ownership of the car and sell it".

Edited August 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[RichardColeman]

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

worth about 76 million baht, which he and his associates later sold to used car dealers.

Cannot help but think that greed screwed him in the end. Most Thai people could live on way less than that for the rest of their lives and disappear quite easily

[overherebc]

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

???? Clever guy ????

The locals I worked beside in Naples in the 80's told me the very first car hire place in Naples lost the first 10 cars they rented out. All 3 or 4 day rentals and none came back.

[gk10012001]

oooh boy.  Didn't the buyers get the Car fax report?

[gk10012001]

2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

How you can sell a car without the papers?

And what kind of second hand car dealers would pay for those cars?????

well, not all used car business owners are smart.  Some see a deal, a great price and go for it.  Or, some are aware of things, but figure:  1:  once they sell the cars, they will not get in any trouble.  "we thought the cars were legal.  Not our fault".  Or they know it will be hard for them to have to give back the money they received, especially since nothing will happen until the new car buyers lose the car, if the leasing company somehow gets them back, and then those poor owners would have to sue the used car guys to get their money back.  Quite a complex process all this can be in Thailand