You'll face jail if you spend wrongly transferred money, RTP tell Thais

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

You would face a jail term of one and a half years if you spend money wrongly transferred to your account.

 

It falls under embezzlement and swindling in Article 352 and would also attract a 30,000 baht fine. 

 

RTP spokesman Pol Col Siriwat Deephor passed on a warning from his commanders that spending funds in your account that were not rightfully yours could mean jail.

 

He said people in this situation should follow a four step plan.

 

1. Don't use the money.

2. Contact the bank.

3. On no account return the money yourself (it can be a ruse by gangs laundering money and get you in trouble).

4. Ensure that you work with the bank to ensure the money is returned by them.

 

Apart from this members of the public can call the police on 191 and 1599, lines open 24/7. 

 

This Thai Rath story and another similar one by Siam Rath came on the same day a cabby received 253,000 baht by mistake.

 

Neither media source drew any connection. 

 

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[sammieuk1]

You have to laugh the RTP with monetary legal advice and funds of a mysterious nature ????

[jacko45k]

More intrigued as to the sources of money (and other assets) that members of the RTP have!

[ezzra]

Rules and regulations in this country are plenty, pity they're not followed nor heeded and impossible to enforce...

[greenmonkey]

and of course if the bank's misplace your funds they will take full responsibility for them. Or if, for example, they accidently repossess the wrong house, burn/sell the household items they will be forthcoming with an apology and compensation!!! ????

[ikke1959]

Is that a real law or is it a RTP made law??? Some laws don't exists in reality but only by the policeforce... another way to gain money...

The police duty is to enforce laws, not to make them

[JayBird]

If a criminal sends money to your bank account, and you don't send it back, then technically you are helping the police stop money laundering.

 

Do this often enough and criminals will stop randomly sending money.

[khunpa]

Guess my ex-wife faces 100s of years in jail then ????

[Aussieroaming]

Amazing that the RTP didn't share advise on how to avoid returning illegal monetary gain.

[paulikens]

making a statement on this like it happens a lot. more likely to win the lottery

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, jacko45k said:

More intrigued as to the sources of money (and other assets) that members of the RTP have!

RTP the #2 biggest ponzi scheme after the temples.

[cyril sneer]

13 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Is that a real law or is it a RTP made law??? Some laws don't exists in reality but only by the policeforce... another way to gain money...

The police duty is to enforce laws, not to make them

Yep, would like to know when this law was enforced

if a banker accidentally hands you back more cash than expected police will do nothing to help, and the money is docked for the bankers  wages 

[mikebell]

14 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The police duty is to enforce laws, not to make them

They only enforce the ones that make them money.  It's only a law if the police say it is - observe the helmetless motorbike riders speeding past cops who can't be arsed to do anything.

[robblok]

Strange that people are moaning about this. In many civilized countries you can't keep money that is deposited in your account wrongly. 

 

In this case though its IMHO more about money mules.

 

I find Thaivisa posters strange people bleating and moaning when they loose a small payment on Lazada to a scammer while here defending people who spend money that is not theirs. You can't have it both ways. Laws like this are usually meant to make sure money mules (if you don't know what those are educate yourself) liable so fraud is combatted.

 

If you want to be protected from fraud then you must also protect people who send money wrong and to have punishment against money mules.

 

People seem to hate banks and seem to think banks should always pay out. Strange. 

 

I hate scammers and people who keep wrongly deposited money are scammers too.

[Gknrd]

Unless it is transferred into a RTP's account then they will handle it..

 

[lujanit]

I get a notice when using Wise to transfer money to my Thai bank account every time about transferring amounts in excess of 50,000 baht to other the main banks.  SCB, K Bank are okay.  Never looked at the other banks on the list as my bank is in the first two.

[yeahbutif]

22 hours ago, ezzra said:

Rules and regulations in this country are plenty, pity they're not followed nor heeded and impossible to enforce...

Agree I was I was told don't threaten with words if you cant or won't follow up with action .

[Emdog]

In the 90's my bank in the US credited my account for $115,000 I am fairly sure I didn't put in. I'd remember than, ya think?

I sat on the money... didn't notify the bank. Their mistake, let them figure it out.

Around end of the month got notice they were withdrawing $115,000. No explanation, nothing

If there is a positive, they didn't take the interest that cash earned during the month. Not much, but > 0