American man and Thai wife lose 15.2 million baht in Hua Hin property fraud

[HuaHinNew]

On 2/7/2025 at 9:37 AM, crazykopite said:

You pay lawyers to carry out due diligence having lived here for 20 years and made use of Lawyers I have yet to come across one who is capable of carrying out such a task !

If in Hua Hin I can highly recommend Legal Services Hua Hin at Macro site.

 

Totally professionally, English and Thai legal representatives, 

 

I have used for years for house and land construction and purchase and all associated legals and documentation.

 

Have litigation services and reasonably priced services.

 

https://www.legalserviceshuahin.com/

[RocketDog]

5 hours ago, vukovar77 said:

As a foreigner, you can not buy land (house) in Thailand in your name.

Ahh, well, I think everybody knows that by now. My wife is Thai.

She can purchase the property any time I want if I give her the money.

 

Thanks, but I've been here for 8 years and had a Thai lawyer handle the property transaction.

[wavodavo]

On 2/6/2025 at 10:13 PM, dddave said:

The most important phrase in Real Estate is "Due Diligence". 

Any honest Real Estate Attorney will stress, never sign or pay for anything without making sure every word of every sentence is understood and every property ownership claim is verified and documented.  

This case is far from the first time people have purchased or developed property from a distance and arrived to find out what they thought they owned, doesn't exist or that somebody else owned it.

My guess is that the realestate agent has conned the wife and told her that they had their own lawyers and conveyencers in house to take care of eveything so don't worry .The husband is in America and could't help so thought it was all good.

[KhunHeineken]

23 hours ago, newnative said:

Why wouldn't you spend a tiny percentage of that amount to hire a reputable lawyer

The lawyers can be bought.

 

"Vard claimed his lawyer in Phuket was bought by the gang and when he hired a lawyer from Bangkok, the lawyer was also hired to lose the cases again, he alleged."

 

Here's a bigger case, 65 million baht. 

 

Rent, don't buy, and enjoy your retirement. 

 

 

[KhunHeineken]

4 hours ago, RocketDog said:

She can purchase the property any time I want if I give her the money.

Great plan.  What could possibly go wrong? 

[newnative]

2 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

The lawyers can be bought.

 

"Vard claimed his lawyer in Phuket was bought by the gang and when he hired a lawyer from Bangkok, the lawyer was also hired to lose the cases again, he alleged."

 

Here's a bigger case, 65 million baht. 

 

Rent, don't buy, and enjoy your retirement. 

 

 

You keep renting, I'll keep owning, and we'll both live happily ever after.