A 21 year old woman was arrested in Koh Chang for allegedly deceiving over 100 people in a mobile phone down-payment scam that lasted over a year. The woman, identified only as Marisa, who owned a well-known shop, faced several warrants for her arrest, one being from Thonburi Criminal Court dated November 28 last year, for fraud and entering false information into a computer system.

 

Thai police apprehended her yesterday, February 14, after she had evaded capture by moving across various provinces.

 

The arrest was the result of a lengthy investigation by the cyber patrol unit, which acted on complaints from a group of victims who had formed a Line chat group. Marisa had promoted her mobile phone and accessories shop on Facebook and Instagram, requiring customers to pay a down payment before they could receive their products on an installment plan. However, she failed to deliver the products and closed her shop’s page, leaving customers out of pocket.

 

Initially, Marisa’s clientele, mainly from Samut Prakan province, were acquaintances who agreed to her installment plan, where delivery of items such as mobile phones and tablets was promised after 50% of the payment was completed. Her following grew to over 10,000, bringing in more customers who had to provide their national ID cards to make purchases.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-02-15

 

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11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Initially, Marisa’s clientele, mainly from Samut Prakan province, were acquaintances who agreed to her installment plan, where delivery of items such as mobile phones and tablets was promised after 50% of the payment was completed. Her following grew to over 10,000, bringing in more customers who had to provide their national ID cards to make purchases.

Geed will catch them out every time.

She was running a Ponzi scheme and that's all there is to it.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Geed will catch them out every time.

I agee.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A 21 year old woman was arrested in Koh Chang

What's this doing in the Southern Thailand News Forum?