Foreign men allegedly swindles 1.2 million baht from Thai victims

snoop1130 · February 6

Two Thai victims sought help from Channel 7 after two foreign men swindled them out of US$34,700 (about 1.2 million baht) while the police delayed taking action on the case.

A Thai woman named Karnratha, along with her boyfriend, implored Channel 7 to broadcast their story to put pressure on officers at Lumphini Police Station to take action on their case. Despite providing all the evidence they could gather, there had been no progress in the investigation.

Karnrada recalled how her friend had persuaded her to buy some gold accessories from the foreigners, promising that they were selling gold at an exceptionally low price, which Karnrada could later resell for a substantial profit. The only condition, her friend had explained, was to make the purchase using US dollars.

Karnrada said she did the maths and found that she would make a profit of over 100,000 baht, so she decided to make an appointment with two foreigners at their gold manufacturer on January 19.

Karnrada prepared 34,700 dollar notes to pay for the gold accessories and met the foreigners with her boyfriend and her friend. However, the foreigners took them to a love motel in Soi Sukhumvit 11 in Bangkok instead of the factory.

Karnrada decided to wait in the car and asked her friend and boyfriend to deal with the foreigners, who identified themselves as Phillip and Jason, in the hotel room. Jason asked Kanratha’s boyfriend to show him the cash and asked him to count it to see if it was the agreed amount or not.

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Channel 7

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-02-06

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