webfact Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Thai police have arrested a Russian national on Samui Island on charges of robbing a fellow Russian of 1.8 million baht in Bitcoins. Samui police say that the suspect is believed to be a member of a Russian gang, which has been preying on fellow citizens known to be engaged in Bitcoin investment businesses. The victim, identified as Yevgini, filed a complaint with Samui police on Friday, claiming that he had been robbed by six Russians as he was having coffee with his wife at a shop in Taling Ngam sub-district. Four Russians arrived at the coffee shop in a black van and were joined by two others, who arrived on a motorcycle. Yevgini alleges that the men approached him and threatened to harm him if he did not transfer his Bitcoins, estimated to be worth about 112 million baht, to them. File Image (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-18 - Discover how Cigna Insurance can protect you with a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment. For more information on expat health insurance click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtlger Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) 6 minutes ago, webfact said: Four Russians arrived at the coffee shop in a black van and were joined by two others, who arrived on a motorcycle. Sounds like something out a James Bond movie..... Edited March 17 by flyingtlger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post save the frogs Posted March 17 Popular Post Share Posted March 17 27 minutes ago, webfact said: and threatened to harm him if he did not transfer his Bitcoins, estimated to be worth about 112 million baht, how did they know he had all those bitcoins? either he has a big mouth and was bragging about it or they were obtained in a mutual shady deal. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celsius Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 "Police say that the gang knew about the victim’s Bitcoinholding by monitoring the activities of Russian Bitcoin investors and their visits to Thailand." Yea.....totally anonymous. Wondering what other various crypto scams will this crypto rally uncover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted March 17 Popular Post Share Posted March 17 Russians robbing other Russians, No skin off our nose... 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 4 hours ago, webfact said: Samui police say that the suspect is believed to be a member of a Russian gang, which has been preying on fellow citizens known to be engaged in Bitcoin investment businesses. Russians doing what they know best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post newbee2022 Posted March 18 Popular Post Share Posted March 18 Well Thailand, you invited the Russians to come. Now fight with the devil. Good luck🙏 2 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 14 minutes ago, newbee2022 said: Well Thailand, you invited the Russians to come. Now fight with the devil. Good luck🙏 Exactly, flush the toilet or pay forever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykopite Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 This what happens when you give these people free visa’s ! Russians , Chinese are well known as crooks , fraudsters yet the government have opened the gates and invited them all in big big mistake you sow what you reap so these people turn up as the guy and his wife are having coffee just like that out of the blue I think there is a lot more to this story ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john donson Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 cctv? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamus Yaigh Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 11 hours ago, webfact said: filed a complaint with Samui police Lets hope the police came out of this with a profit as well as a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jone500 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 You forget to full his lastname "Prigozhin" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) 1.8 mln baht or 112 mln baht? Quite a difference Edited March 18 by Hellfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeBob Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 P2P crypto exchange went wrong. Please, 4 guys from black van and 2 bikers, 112 m.baht ))) "But I only got 1.8 million" he said. Today's BTC price is 2,503,834 on Binance P2P so he "shared" about 0.6BTC or 50,000 USDT. Interesting story, ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 6 hours ago, crazykopite said: you sow what you reap Other way round makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 What's that? 3 coins... (joking) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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