Fourteen suspects arrested for alleged COVID-19 compensation fraud

[webfact]

 

Fourteen suspects, including a number of insurance brokers, have been arrested by Economic Crime Suppression Division officers, for allegedly using fake COVID-19 claim forms to defraud insurance firms.

 

Commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) Pol Lt-Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej said yesterday (Tuesday) that eleven of the suspects were customers who bought COVID-19 insurance coverage and were persuaded by scammers to use fake COVID-19 claim forms to get compensation from the of insurance companies.

 

He said that each of the eleven suspects had received 50,000 baht in compensation, but had to pay a 30,000 baht “commission” to the con men.

 

He also said that three of the suspects were insurance brokers, who sold policies to their customers but did not record the customers’ names in the system and pocketed their insurance premiums.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/fourteen-suspects-arrested-for-alleged-covid-19-compensation-fraud/

 

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[rbkk]

My family are owed 200,000 baht. Wife (100,000) and two kids (50,000 each). They all caught Covid-19 (PCR tests confirmed). I was lucky and dodged it (my policy/1yr/no claims/expired). Suffice to say that any dealings with a Thai Insurance company about any type of voluntary coverage are not going to happen in the future. Even if they were forced to cough up by the courts the trust in their industry has evaporated. They took our premiums and.......what, laughed?    

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that each of the eleven suspects had received 50,000 baht in compensation, but had to pay a 30,000 baht “commission” to the con men.

 

He also said that three of the suspects were insurance brokers, who sold policies to their customers but did not record the customers’ names in the system and pocketed their insurance premiums.

Corruption at every level.