Crime Thai Police Dismantle Scam Ring Targeting Australians, Arrest 13 Foreign Nationals

[mjakob007]

Africans & Asians not leading the pack this time!

[shackleton]

It's amazing how some people fall for money scams 

Obviously thinking of making easy 💰 

I think to myself there for the grace of God go thee

I worked hard for my money and so far have kept it 😇

[MadAtMatrix]

Courtesy of the thai examiner 

The suspects are:

Mark Dennis, 54 (Australian, identified as the ringleader)

Mark Andrew Howship, 56 (British)

Nicholas John Mason, 43 (Deputy leader)

Brett Peter Dawson, 51

Ellis Ian James, 59

Mark McKenzie, 61

Jeremy Fortuen, 44

Christopher Pepena, 48

Dean Crowley, 42

Lewis Samuel Gillespie, 30

Lewis Robbie, 40

Luke Cameron Campbell, 45

Szeto Kwak Ji, 58

[Iron Tongue]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

allegedly tricking 14 Australians into investing in fake bonds, costing victims an estimated 40 billion baht.

What kind of hack journalism is this.  I think someone doesn't understand proper decimal placement.

40 billion baht divided by 14 means that each one averaged EIGHTY-SIX MILLION, NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX MILLION US dollars per trade.

Anyone with that much liquid capital to invest wouldn't be taking random phone calls, and would have an army of lawyers, accountants, and advisors to handle their money.

[cynic1]

19 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

Hang on, all of us are not that stupid, actually I did not know any of us were that stupid (do not mention the Thai ladies' charms). Any way the AFP are on the job and caught these that have been operating for 2 decades according to the report.

Firstly, I never mentioned, "(do not mention the Thai ladies' charms)."

Secondly, What has the AFP, being the Australian Federal police in the actual bust. It was the Thai police who did that ?

 

Anyway whatever your smoking or drinking. Thanks for the offer but no thanks.🤪

[advancebooking]

scummy conmen who dont have the IQ to make big money the honest way. Som nom na to you all. 

[black tabby12345]

14 hours ago, norsurin said:

Right.I really hate this kind of people.They ruined lifes to many.People loose their money and homes.Families with small kids also.This kind of scammers is the worst s...that excist on the earth.They should be given to the people on the streets and face the same as Gadaffi and Saddam Hussein.

 

In modern 1st world, jail conditions are often increasingly comfortable.

The society is getting sickly pro-criminal.Human rights fundamentalism(over emphasis of perpetrators' well-being), the common sick sociology among the west.

Pampering cunning, and dangerous criminals in the name of "education".

Disgusting.

[IsaanGuy]

They couldn’t resist making their hq in a large mansion. Idiots, tarps or no tarps.

[radiochaser]

On 6/18/2025 at 2:54 AM, StandardIssue said:

Ah, one in the endless parade of scammer groups operating out of Pattaya, Bangkok and the like. 

 

Unfortunately this bust is probably just a small dent in the problem.

 

There are some real nasty Indian scammers doing business out of Pattaya targeting USA. Refund scammers, tech support scammers, crypto currency scammers. It's terrible

So Pattaya is where those Alpha Hotels are calling me from!

 

[radiochaser]

14 hours ago, Joe Boy Walton said:

Note to self: Must sell that big rock I own in the middle of Oz. Not a scam, anyone interested? 😆

If that rock were green in color, I would make an offer to you.   

[ThreeCardMonte]

I suppose it’s a good job for a skint overstayer or a digital nomad that’s lost his digital.

 

Or a fired bar manager or fired school teacher that can’t process the thought of going back home for a real job.

[StandardIssue]

8 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

In modern 1st world, jail conditions are often increasingly comfortable.

The society is getting sickly pro-criminal.Human rights fundamentalism(over emphasis of perpetrators' well-being), the common sick sociology among the west.

Pampering cunning, and dangerous criminals in the name of "education".

Disgusting.

 

Yea, that's not true. And just because YOU THINK, criminals should have harsh punishment that includes crappy prison conditions doesn't make it the best way to rehabilitate and treat people who in many cases have never been given a shot at a normal life.

 

Scandinavian countries have very progressive criminal rehabilitation programs that have been found to be very effective. Criminals ARE NOT BORN, they are made through tough to horrible childhoods filled with mistreatment, neglect and the like. Lot's of unwanted children, orphans and abused kids become criminals or sociopaths through neglect,  horrible abuse and mistreatment.

 

Any good prison / rehabilitation program should include a way to help someone lead a normal life and NOT return to a life of crime.

 

People who advocate things like poorer prison conditions, the death penalty, no rehab programs for prisons have no understanding on how this kind of thing effects society. IT KEEPS PRISONS FILLED, instead of getting to the root of the problem which is WHY people commit crime and how to solve their problems which in many cases can be fixed as evidenced by rehab systems in Norway and other more civilized countries.