A Vietnamese man is set to face legal punishment for defrauding and robbing fellow Vietnamese, costing them over 1 million baht. He and his accomplices tricked their victims into traveling to Thailand under the guise of being tour guides.

 

The crime took place at a rented house at Soi Sukhumvit 101 in Bangkok's Phra Khanong district on August 21 last year. The victims, including a man named Tran, reported to local police that the group had lost cash and mobile phones, valued at over 1 million baht, to the Vietnamese thief known as Nong and his gang.

 

The scam involved offering travel packages to Thailand to potential Vietnamese tourists. Once the victims arrived at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on August 16, they rented the house that would later become the crime scene.

 

On the day of the crime, Nong and seven gang members broke into the rented home, holding the victims at knifepoint. They forced the victims into one room, restrained them and assaulted them before robbing them of their cash and phones. They fled the scene when a friend of Tran’s arrived and interrupted the crime.

 

 

All the Vietnamese suspects managed to escape back to Vietnam illegally via a border crossing point at the Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in Mukdahan on August 26 last year.

 

The police tracked the criminals and discovered that Nong had returned to Thailand, hiding in the province of Samut Sakhon. He was then apprehended.

 

Nong faces charges under Section 340 of the Criminal Law: for planning and executing a theft with three or more persons using weapons. The penalty for this crime is imprisonment for 12 to 20 years and a fine of 240,000 to 300,000 baht.

 

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-- 2024-07-04

 

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Mad

Fleecing his own people that have entrusted him to show them Thailand what a complete scum bag. I imagine the viets have worked hard for their baht and now may never return to Thailand.