Thai woman alleges bank staff are stealing from her account - she goes to the police

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: 4 million baht disappears from bank account

 

Daily News reported that a woman called Wanida Wanthaphrom - cradling an infant child - went to the Khemmarat police in Udon Thani, NE Thailand, to make a complaint after just over 4 million baht went missing from her account. 

 

She was accompanied by former pro snooker player Thanatpong Phasomsap.

 

She alleges that the money disappeared from her bank account.

 

She said that she always dealt with the bank through their call center number.

 

She said she has contacted the bank on many occasions after 100K, 10K disappeared on many occasions. 

 

She'd opened the account with 271,000 in 2017. 

 

She claims that bank staff are responsible and she wants them to be prosecuted. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Can she provide receipts for her deposits and the supposed withdrawals, after all the deposit slips or the statement should show where the money was credited from and then would also show where the withdrawals originated.  Yes, there have been bank personnel who have taken monies from accounts in the past and I am sure this is probably another one of those issues.  

[steven100]

I can see it now  .....    it's all a big misunderstanding   !

[law ling]

An odd story ... and a lot of baht.

 

Anyway, with the RTP now on the case ...

[proton]

Any bets on which Bank?

[grain]

5 minutes ago, proton said:

Any bets on which Bank?

Perhaps you can't name them but what color?

[proton]

15 minutes ago, grain said:

Perhaps you can't name them but what color?

My money is on the green one then

[Orinoco]

8 minutes ago, proton said:

My money is on the green one then

My money is on a family member.

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She said she has contacted the bank on many occasions after 100K, 10K disappeared on many occasions. 

? And no action taken ?

Continue with the bank?

Strange story at least.

Dealing through the call center. What can go wrong there?

[ThierryC]

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3 hours ago, Orinoco said:

My money is on a family member.

????????????

[PolarAttack]

3 hours ago, Orinoco said:

My money is on a family member.

Or the former pro snooker player ????

[Bruno123]

4 hours ago, proton said:

Any bets on which Bank?

The article states Kasikorn Bank (account), Central Rama 2 branch..

[John Drake]

Wasn't there video a few years ago of some bank's employees breaking into safety deposit boxes?

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Wasn't there video a few years ago of some bank's employees breaking into safety deposit boxes?

Think your remembering a movie called inside man. or maybe not 

 

[John Drake]

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Think your remembering a movie called inside man. or maybe not 

 

There is this, but I think there was another larger outbreak more recently, too.  https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30164990

[chrischronic]

This just happened not to long ago correct? I think I remember a recent story and the bank employees did take money from multiple accounts. 

[crazykopite]

So since 2017 she deposited 3.79 million baht as her initial opening account was only 271,000 baht and she claims 4 million has been stolen . She has always done it through the call centre so there would be recorded telephone dates and transactions that should lead to the trail of the stolen funds also when you call the centre you have someone dealing with you normally there greeting includes the name so I would imagine that the call centre would be aware of those who did that particular transfer . Would love to know how she came across 4 million baht 

[champers]

14 minutes ago, chrischronic said:

This just happened not to long ago correct? I think I remember a recent story and the bank employees did take money from multiple accounts. 

Big hoo haa in Pattaya about a Ponzi type scheme run from the inside of a bank by a rogue employee. Many falangs are victims of this fraud.

[jacko45k]

4 hours ago, Orinoco said:

My money is on a family member.

Yeah, my first thought too..... or a family member who works at the bank!

[Mr Meeseeks]

29 minutes ago, champers said:

Big hoo haa in Pattaya about a Ponzi type scheme run from the inside of a bank by a rogue employee. Many falangs are victims of this fraud.

That was the green and red bank on Pattaya Klang, allegedly. 

[cardinalblue]

Has to be more to this story - finally goes to the police after 4M disappear over time?

 

one bad incident whether 10k or 100K and money not replaced by bank = new bank

[Aussieroaming]

Was the banks call centre in India or what.

[TigerandDog]

6 hours ago, proton said:

My money is on the green one then

which green one? There are 2.

[ttrd]

8 hours ago, steven100 said:

I can see it now  .....    it's all a big misunderstanding   !

Wonder why "easy come easy go" came to my mind ... ????

[Hamus Yaigh]

I am wondering why a former professional snooker player is involved!

[BangkokReady]

"No, no, no.  The money was just resting in my account!"

[Bangkok Barry]

Several holes in this story, but that might be down to the usual standard of Thai journalism. Money kept vanishing, she suspects staff but stays with the bank? Really? As another poster raised, what do the transactions of her account show? They must show how and where the 'missing' money was accessed. She only dealt with the bank via a call centre and didn't go to her bank in person when money was 'vanishing'? Really? Utter nonsense. Her story has more holes than a colander.

She said she has contacted the bank on many occasions after 100K, 10K disappeared on many occasions. Yes. And???

[HappyExpat57]

"She said she has contacted the bank on many occasions after 100K, 10K disappeared on many occasions. "

 

Wouldn't think she should have changed banks after the first theft?

[Orinoco]

50 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

I am wondering why a former professional snooker player is involved!

Maybe after a Pink then a Brown.

[digger70]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

She said she has contacted the bank on many occasions after 100K, 10K disappeared on many occasions. 

 

She'd opened the account with 271,000 in 2017. 

Something doesn't smell right. ????