"I'll look after the money, it's safe with me" - cop tells aggrieved woman after bank transfer blooper

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Investigative committee set up

 

Mysterious goings on have been reported at Pratunam Chulalongkorn police station. 

 

And now a cop with the rank of "inspector" is being investigated.

 

It began when Mayuree, 34, received 37,000 baht in her bank account from a man called Chutiphon, 26. He had got the number wrong by one digit on Prompt Pay.

 

He called Mayuree who went to the police to report the matter and would have returned the money herself.

 

But at that point at the police station a helpful officer appeared who said that he needed to look after the money for a night as the investigation was continuing. 

 

He said it would be safe with him and not to worry, he'd send it all back to the original owner directly after that.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

However, two weeks later and the money was still with the "inspector" leading Mayuree and her husband Chusak, 36, to go to the online help group Sai Mai Tong Rort in northern Bangkok. 

 

Daily News reported that the couple met with Pol Col Apichart Thongphae, the station chief, who was setting up a committee to investigate.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Initial reports suggested that the inspector is claiming that he'd been busy and hadn't had time to return the money.

 

Mayuree is aghast that she found herself being sued by the owner of the money after she handed it over to the police in good faith for safekeeping.

 

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[Liverpool Lou]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

It began when Mayuree, 34, received 37,000 baht in her bank account from a man called Chutiphon, 26. He had got the number wrong by one digit on Prompt Pay.

 

He called Mayuree who went to the police to report the matter and would have returned the money herself.

I wonder how a complete stranger who just input a wrong account number knew the woman's phone number to call her?  He wouldn't get it from the woman's bank.

 

I also wonder why didn't the woman didn't just tell her bank to return the erroneous transfer of money, that wasn't hers,  to the remitting bank but reported it to the police instead?   What's it got to do with the police?

[Woof999]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I wonder how a complete stranger who just input a wrong account number knew the woman's phone number to call her?  He wouldn't get it from the woman's bank.

 

I also wonder why didn't the woman didn't just tell her bank to return the erroneous transfer of money, that wasn't hers,  to the remitting bank but reported it to the police instead?   What's it got to do with the police?

It says he used Prompt Pay.... you send the money to a phone number.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

It says he used Prompt Pay.... you send the money to a phone number.

Ah, ok, thanks for that, I'm not familiar with the intricacies of PromptPay.  So he got a digit wrong in a phone number, not an account number?

Edited October 27, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[petermik]

I find it hard to understand why the police here cannot be trusted.......

[Wiggy]

It’s not called the Royal Thai Police farce for nothing. 

[rbkk]

1 hour ago, petermik said:

I find it hard to understand why the police here cannot be trusted.......

Because they are the criminals?

[Aussieroaming]

Fancy leaving your money with a thief for safe keeping. The RTP is merely a cover for professional criminals, who work in organized crime.

[rwill]

It wasn't really a police matter in the first place.  No crime had been commited.  At least until the police were involved.

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

Evn in the UK Police would not do that, but book it into Property docket and signed for . The depositor would have a receipt .

 

RTP would not trust them to do anything correctly except ask for money !!!

[TheFishman1]

The place would be the last person I want to leave money with. tit

[RichardColeman]

Coppers a thief, plain and simple. Sack him 

[greenmonkey]

Didn't some high ranking policeman just recently say to the public "don't keep money that has been sent to you by mistake or face years in prison"!? And then one of his own does just that!!! ???? I bet he doesn't do any jail time though as clearly just a big misunderstanding! ????

[Sparktrader]

Possession is 9/10ths of the law. If a bank makes a mistake you cannot keep it but the man did. Not her fault.

 

Thats why you test first 30 baht.

[Sparktrader]

5 hours ago, Woof999 said:

It says he used Prompt Pay.... you send the money to a phone number.

Like pay id.

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

the inspector is claiming that he'd been busy and hadn't had time to return the money

He will need even more time to find that money again..., well he could always sell some weapons, that's a valid business model.

[bangon04]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Coppers a thief, plain and simple. Sack him 

deserves an even more inactive post than he has already

[digger70]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

And now a cop with the rank of "inspector" is being investigated.

 

If one wants things done properly one has to do it one selves. Don't trust anyone .

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

If a bank makes a mistake you cannot keep it but the man did. Not her fault.

That doesn't mean that she has any entitlement to his money

[Sparktrader]

23 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That doesn't mean that she has any entitlement to his money

He gave it to her.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Initial reports suggested that the inspector is claiming that he'd been busy and hadn't had time to return the money.

Safe in police hands... Plzzzzzzz

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, Wiggy said:

It’s not called the Royal Thai Police farce for nothing. 

Considering the normal tip-toeing around anything Royal and not tarnishing their good name you'd think by now "Royal"  would have been dropped from their title.

[steven100]

20 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I wonder how a complete stranger who just input a wrong account number knew the woman's phone number to call her?  He wouldn't get it from the woman's bank.

 

I also wonder why didn't the woman didn't just tell her bank to return the erroneous transfer of money, that wasn't hers,  to the remitting bank but reported it to the police instead?   What's it got to do with the police?

You didn't read or understand the story did you ?  He used Prompt Pay,   which is sent to a phone number not a bank account.

Please try to keep up won't you.