Couriers who delivered ฿28m cash to the police extortion gang questioned

[webfact]

 

Police questioned four witnesses last night (Monday), who delivered 28 million baht in cash in four suitcases to police officers implicated in the online gambling extortion controversy at a temple in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai.

 

According to an informed police source, the four people were captured on CCTV with the four cases.

 

The source said that the 28 million baht, just a portion of the 140 million baht reportedly extorted by the police gang, was raised by an individual only identified as “Pe”, one of the operators of the illegal online gambling platform, from his associates in a neighbouring country. The money was transferred into several “mule” accounts in Thailand, then withdrawn and sent to Pe to be delivered to the police gang in Chiang Rai by the four couriers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/couriers-who-delivered-฿28m-cash-to-the-police-extortion-gang-questioned/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-06-20

 

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[worgeordie]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

police gang

Say it like it is .......

regards Worgeordie

[bamnutsak]

There is so much wrong with this story, not the least of which is the transferring of 28 m or 140 m baht into Thailand, or between personal accounts. Then someone walking into a bank with a giant suitcase and getting 7 m (at 4 banks) or 28 m at one. Seems like no checks whatsoever on money laundering here. And no one asks questions at the bank? And the bank has enough cash on hand? 

 

Do the Royal Thai Police have their own bank? Or do they use one bank for all their illegal activities?

[Liverpool Lou]

14 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

someone walking into a bank with a giant suitcase and getting 7 m (at 4 banks) or 28 m at one. ...And the bank has enough cash on hand? 

A "giant suitcase" isn't needed to carry B7m!   

Of course, banks have that sort of cash if needed, why wouldn't they?

[Liverpool Lou]

18 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

There is so much wrong with this story, not the least of which is the transferring of 28 m or 140 m baht into Thailand

What are the restrictions that you seem to think exist regarding credits to Thai bank accounts?

Edited June 20, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Say it like it is .......

regards Worgeordie

Mafia?

[FriendlyFarang]

7 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

A "giant suitcase" isn't needed to carry B7m!   

Of course, banks have that sort of cash if needed, why wouldn't they?

Most banks don’t have so much cash in stock, you have to order it a few days in advance

[ignore it]

Yeah,

"Bring it in cash. Nothing larger than a hundred bhat note."

[RichardColeman]

Sometimes you can see why they want to make all money transactions digital

[ChipButty]

They've got no shame, 

[zzaa09]

3 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

There is so much wrong with this story, not the least of which is the transferring of 28 m or 140 m baht into Thailand, or between personal accounts. Then someone walking into a bank with a giant suitcase and getting 7 m (at 4 banks) or 28 m at one. Seems like no checks whatsoever on money laundering here. And no one asks questions at the bank? And the bank has enough cash on hand? 

 

Do the Royal Thai Police have their own bank? Or do they use one bank for all their illegal activities?

I'm assuming that you're inquiries are understood to be deeply rhetorical. 

Don't they [banks, police, govt, organised crime, corporations, etc] all belong to the same club? 

Naturally, they cover for one another. 

 

The first rule of The Ruling Oligarchical Club is not to talk about it. 

[bamnutsak]

32 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

I'm assuming that you're inquiries are understood to be deeply rhetorical. 

Not entirely.

 

In the film/tv show the transfer of the money is done online in an instant. See progress bar.

 

Here the logistics fascinate me.

 

Why are there enough 1,000 baht notes in circulation to deal with these massive pay-offs?

 

Was it an int'l inbound transfer, domestic? That must require a visit to a branch? Surely transfers on the order of 7 M require additional bank management review? Then at the arriving bank they must have a clearance protocol for 7 M? Then somebody has to purchase luggage. And the arriving bank surely has security protocols? And reporting requirements. Then counting out the cash and stowing it in a pink suitcase? Like, nothing to see here. 

 

Graft, corruption, extortion are de rigueur here, so maybe they some special window at the bank for Big Money. Actually I assume the corrupt police, all but three of them, have banks/accounts/contacts in place for emergency transfers.

 

Then who wheels all these suitcases around? I could handle two. Then leave them at a temple? Seriously, monks in on the transfer? What's their cut?

 

I'm rarely amazed at any corruption here, but paying a 140 m cash bribe must require a boat-load of coordination and work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kidneyw]

A Minnie Mouse suitcase. Class. No expense spared.