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Cybercrime police have arrested a 34-year-old Russian national for allegedly scamming a 70-year-old businesswoman of over 11.6 million baht, through a sophisticated online investment scheme. The suspect, identified as Pavel Sovin, was detained on 18 November 2025 at a condominium on Sukhumvit Soi 42, Bangkok, with bank books, ATM cards, a mobile phone and a passport seized as evidence.

 

The case began in mid-August 2025 when the victim, owner of a Chinese-Thai herbal medicine company in Nakhon Pathom, was contacted by a scammer identifying herself as “Patty” from MIROX. She was persuaded to register on the “mirrox.com/client-area” platform and transfer funds to multiple accounts. The platform displayed fabricated investment returns, convincing her to make 23 transfers totaling more than 10 million baht, with the scammers also collecting 1.5 million baht in cash directly from her company, bringing the total loss to 11,664,525 baht.

 

Police conducted a sting operation by having the victim offer an additional 1 million baht in cash to the scammers, allowing investigators to identify Sovin as a key figure. A search warrant issued by the South Bangkok Criminal Court led to his arrest in room 607 of the condominium. Sovin denied all allegations during questioning.

 

ThaiRath reported that authorities have charged him with fraud, computer-related fraud, forming a criminal association, conspiracy to launder money and laundering proceeds from criminal activity. Officials from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, led by Pol Lt Gen Suraphon Prembut, are expanding the investigation to identify other members of the network. The case underscores growing online fraud targeting Thai citizens and the challenges in tracking international suspects.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• A 70-year-old entrepreneur lost over 11.6 million baht in a complex online investment scam.

• Russian suspect Pavel Sovin was arrested in Bangkok with bank books, ATM cards, and a passport seized.

• Authorities are expanding the investigation to track additional members of the scam network.

 

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 Adapted  by  Asean  Now from Thairath 2025-11-20

 

 

Russian scamming a 70yr old lady, just about their stamp, I hope he gets the max jail time and max fine, then a life ban... 

OMG, enough is enough!

 

Stricter visa policy is required for some countries like Russia, China, Kazakhstan, etc. No visa free for those countries!

 

 

There are countless millions of people in this world who absolutely refuse to work for a living, and instead prey on the naivety of others. They are the equivalent of human vampires, sucking the blood of society and special sentences should be dished out for these lowlifes, when they're finally caught, as it's usually quite difficult to track them down. 

 

Kudos to whoever was involved in finding this guy. 

 

The second thing that comes to mind is why people fall for this kind of thing.

 

Who would invest money with a complete stranger who does not represent a reputable firm? What kind of background checks do they do?

What kind of research did they do before investing millions of baht?

 

Wouldn't you research the company and find out who you were sending money to? Where are the survival instincts and how did these people thrive for so long without strong discrimination faculties?

If only they were that good to find the Thai scammers as well. At least it’s a start. They do get a couple here and there. 

3 hours ago, brian69 said:

Russian scamming a 70yr old lady, just about their stamp, I hope he gets the max jail time and max fine, then a life ban... 

Death penalty for cyber crimes. That might put a hold on these Internet highway men and women, like in some countries they chop off your hand when caught stealing. I believe it works as a strong deterrent...

11 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The case began in mid-August 2025 when the victim, owner of a Chinese-Thai herbal medicine company in Nakhon Pathom, was contacted by a scammer identifying herself as “Patty” from MIROX. She was persuaded to register on the “mirrox.com/client-area” platform and transfer funds to multiple accounts. The platform displayed fabricated investment returns, convincing her to make 23 transfers totaling more than 10 million baht, with the scammers also collecting 1.5 million baht in cash directly from her company, bringing the total loss to 11,664,525 baht.

 

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