Thai Man Arrested for Defrauding American Women of 18 Million Baht in Call Center Scam

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Picture: Daily News

 

A Thai man has been arrested at the Aranyaprathet Immigration checkpoint for his involvement in a call center gang that deceived American women into transferring over 18 million baht.

 

The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Kritsana Chansiri, claimed to be an American state official and was part of a multinational criminal organization that defrauded people by pretending to be someone else.

 

The Cyber Police coordinated with the Sa Kaeo Immigration Department to intercept Mr. Chansiri, who was returning from Cambodia where he worked at an online casino on the Poipet side.

 

Colonel Pattanachai Pamornpibul, Superintendent of Klong Luek Police Station, and investigative forces observed the entrance to Thailand at the Aranyaprathet Immigration checkpoint and arrested Mr. Chansiri under an arrest warrant issued by the Criminal Court, reported Daily News.

 

The investigation revealed that he was involved in importing distorted or false computer data and laundering money, which caused damage to the public.

 

Mr. Chansiri has confessed to the charges and has been detained for further questioning. The arrest was a successful joint effort by the police and immigration department, who will continue to investigate and bring to justice those involved in the call center gang.

 

This arrest highlights the importance of vigilant policing and the need to crack down on transnational criminal organizations that use technology to defraud and deceive innocent victims.

 

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[OneMoreFarang]

Good that they found him and arrested him.

 

Recently there seem to be many stories that men are arrested because they defrauded women.

Are also any women arrested for defrauding men? Or is this something Thai women don't do? 

 

[racket]

Glad they arrested him. 

 

This is one of the reason I never keep too much money sitting in a thai bank. People need to be aware that you can't trust the rule of law and the institutions in this country. Even if its a major bank, you should not have too much money sitting in a Thai bank. The reason being is that most of these criminal gangs have infiltrated themselves through immigration, law enforcement, the banking sector and even the police force (which is very weak). All combined making foreigners an easy target.

 

Always use a western bank with USD, EUR or equivalent as fiat and shop around with a debit card such a Revolut or Wise with no fees attached to spending. If something like this ever happens, you'll most likely be insured and there are sophisticated tools to re-route money back and even locate the gangs behind frauds like this.

 

In this particular case, the thai bank wouldn't be able to do anything, so they had to bring in the police and actually arrest the dude.

 

https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/9546-kasikornbank-bank-employee-fraud/

<<<< Link to Bangkok Post removed >>>>

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40023571

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/bank-rolls-over-after-security-footage-captures-employee-stealing-money

 

There are numerous cases, but these above are just examples. 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by metisdead
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[racket]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Good that they found him and arrested him.

 

Recently there seem to be many stories that men are arrested because they defrauded women.

Are also any women arrested for defrauding men? Or is this something Thai women don't do? 

 

What's a woman?

[Dan O]

Where s the money? Gone as usual

[markclover]

Due to be sent back to America for trial.  Found dead in cell.

[worgeordie]

It just seems so easy , Ok you will have to go through a phone list,

but if you just find one a week , every two weeks , it's good wages,

of course the guy on the phone will just get a % ....  reported on

Panorama UK  Tv, only 4 % get caught in UK .and those are just the

couriers .small fry.

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

 

 

[Adumbration]

Well done Kritsana.  Obviously a very bright young man.

 

We will be seeing more of him.

 

 

[rbkk]

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Are also any women arrested for defrauding men? Or is this something Thai women don't do? 

I'd say Thai women are the best in the world at crime. Quote: "Thailand's female incarceration rate is the world's highest at 66.4 female convicts per 100,000 inhabitants." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Corrections_(Thailand)#:~:text=Thailand's female incarceration rate is,female convicts per 100%2C000 inhabitants.

Edited April 15, 2023 by rbkk

[Dan O]

3 hours ago, racket said:

What's a woman?

It's one of those things Bob S tries to score with regularly

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, racket said:

What's a woman?

Singular of women.

[Roel]

So was this guy a look khrung or are women in the US used to state officials speaking poor English?

[Mywayboy]

Vigilant Policing Hmmmmmm !!!

[Gknrd]

Hard to believe this still goes on with all the press about it.

But, then again look at all the foreigners that get scammed by the Thai women. And this has been written about for decades now.

 

[spidermike007]

Alot of people just do not understand how corrosive, damaging, degrading and nasty social media can be. Or phone scams. There are an infinite number of scammers, predators and fraudsters out there. Most of us have the good sense to avoid them, and not get taken in by their unwillingness to do actual work for a living. 

 

It boggles the mind, to consider the number of people who fall for these scams. Someone calls you, or contacts you online, and you send them money? Someone you have never met? Someone you have not researched? What gives? Where are the survival instincts? 

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by spidermike007

[fittobethaied]

6 hours ago, racket said:

Glad they arrested him. 

 

This is one of the reason I never keep too much money sitting in a thai bank. People need to be aware that you can't trust the rule of law and the institutions in this country. Even if its a major bank, you should not have too much money sitting in a Thai bank. The reason being is that most of these criminal gangs have infiltrated themselves through immigration, law enforcement, the banking sector and even the police force (which is very weak). All combined making foreigners an easy target.

 

Always use a western bank with USD, EUR or equivalent as fiat and shop around with a debit card such a Revolut or Wise with no fees attached to spending. If something like this ever happens, you'll most likely be insured and there are sophisticated tools to re-route money back and even locate the gangs behind frauds like this.

 

In this particular case, the thai bank wouldn't be able to do anything, so they had to bring in the police and actually arrest the dude.

 

https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/9546-kasikornbank-bank-employee-fraud/

<<<< Link to Bangkok Post removed >>>>

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40023571

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/bank-rolls-over-after-security-footage-captures-employee-stealing-money

 

There are numerous cases, but these above are just examples. 

 

 

Racket, in my estimation the safest account in a Thai bank would be a Foreign Currency Fixed Deposit Account which is a 3, 6, 9 or 12 month time deposit. Any transactions on this type of account have to be done in person inside the bank, and to withdraw or deposit to this account requires a verifiable signature surrender of the original deposit certificate. You can see this account on your eBanking site, but no online transactions are allowed.

[cardinalblue]

Where is the actual story link?

[StayinThailand2much]

5 hours ago, Adumbration said:

Well done Kritsana.  Obviously a very bright young man.

 

We will be seeing more of him.

His English must be pretty good. Strange that the American women weren’t tipped off by an ‘American state official’ with an Asian accent calling them from SE Asia... What was he telling them; that he worked for the CIA?

[RichardColeman]

8 hours ago, Dan O said:

Where s the money? Gone as usual

Or...where will his ladies get their money now ? 

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, racket said:

This is one of the reason I never keep too much money sitting in a thai bank.

The scam originated from a US bank, in the US.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, fittobethaied said:

Racket, in my estimation the safest account in a Thai bank would be a Foreign Currency Fixed Deposit Account which is a 3, 6, 9 or 12 month time deposit. Any transactions on this type of account have to be done in person inside the bank, and to withdraw or deposit to this account requires a verifiable signature surrender of the original deposit certificate. You can see this account on your eBanking site, but no online transactions are allowed.

This scam was perpetrated on US citizens in the US with the money coming from US banks initially.

[Liverpool Lou]

42 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

Where is the actual story link?

Click on the "Daily News" link in the OP.

[gjoo888]

By no means am I saying these women deserved to be scammed, but anyone who gives large amounts of money to someone on the phone without verifying their authenticity is absolutely mind-boggling.

[Bday Prang]

9 hours ago, rbkk said:

I'd say Thai women are the best in the world at crime. Quote: "Thailand's female incarceration rate is the world's highest at 66.4 female convicts per 100,000 inhabitants." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Corrections_(Thailand)#:~:text=Thailand's female incarceration rate is,female convicts per 100%2C000 inhabitants.

Thai women may indeed be active in crime,  but the fact that they have a high incarceration rate  is hardly a testament to their "skill" so clearly not "the best"

[soalbundy]

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Alot of people just do not understand how corrosive, damaging, degrading and nasty social media can be. Or phone scams. There are an infinite number of scammers, predators and fraudsters out there. Most of us have the good sense to avoid them, and not get taken in by their unwillingness to do actual work for a living. 

 

It boggles the mind, to consider the number of people who fall for these scams. Someone calls you, or contacts you online, and you send them money? Someone you have never met? Someone you have not researched? What gives? Where are the survival instincts? 

 

A friend of mine would also like to know some details of how this is done.

[d4dang]

10 hours ago, Dan O said:

It's one of those things Bob S tries to score with regularly

a guy without balls?

[Dan O]

11 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The scam originated from a US bank, in the US.

The money may have come from a us bank but the scam came from here. The surprising part is that my long lost rich Nigerian Uncle isn't involved! Oh wait he died and his lawyer must have been involved 

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, Dan O said:

16 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The scam originated from a US bank, in the US.

The money may have come from a us bank but the scam came from here.

The money did come from US banks and you completely missed my point. 

 

The poster I addressed was using the scam to denigrate the security of Thai banks ("This is one of the reason I never keep too much money sitting in a thai bank"...his words), when the banking lack of security (in his mind) in the cases of the American women was a US "banking issue", not a Thai bank's problem.  

Edited April 16, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[AlQaholic]

I found this article from The Los Angeles Times, it may be relevant here and was a very interesting read:

 

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-01-14/column-chase-elder-financial-fraud

 

 

[BangkokReady]

On 4/15/2023 at 6:01 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Are also any women arrested for defrauding men? Or is this something Thai women don't do? 

Does "no money no honey" count as fraud?