There is an article in a Huahin newspaper saying that foreigners using nominees have been arrested in Huahin. All claimed that lawyers had told them that what they were doing was legal. The nominees all said that they had simply signed the paperwork and that was that. There was no mention of any lawyers or nominees being arrested. The properties were all in the millions of baht property range. Various nationalities were involved

Yes, Pattaya next most likely, be worried if you are in a villa type housing area

Article was in "Hua Hin Today" news

I have recently noticed lots of foreign owned businesses and houses being put up for sale

They are reeling in the biggest baiting trap in history

Relevant link (I think):

https://huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/hua-hin-nominee-crackdown-sees-13-foreigners-arrested/

https://huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/hua-hin-nominee-crackdown-sees-13-foreigners-arrested/

15 hours ago, john smith said:

There is an article in a Huahin newspaper saying that foreigners using nominees have been arrested in Huahin. All claimed that lawyers had told them that what they were doing was legal. The nominees all said that they had simply signed the paperwork and that was that. There was no mention of any lawyers or nominees being arrested. The properties were all in the millions of baht property range. Various nationalities were involved

Well, and your point is...?

16 hours ago, john smith said:

There was no mention of any lawyers or nominees being arrested.

Arresting Thais has no news worth, No once cares, But telling arresting foreigners is news worthy, and might scare people that know the do wrong to do the right thing.

17 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yes, Pattaya next most likely, be worried if you are in a villa type housing area

They have already had crackdowns in several Pattaya areas. For instance Huay Yai, south of Pattaya, had many arrests last couple of weeks.

1 hour ago, Eaglekott said:

Arresting Thais has no news worth, No once cares, But telling arresting foreigners is news worthy, and might scare people that know the do wrong to do the right thing.

My lawyer friend reckon the govt don't want to take on the lawyers

Don't buy, rent.

6 minutes ago, JJ-Thailand said:

Don't buy, rent.

Buying land is completely safe when if you have a Chanote (Nor Sor 4 Jor) for it. Brits know this as the freehold for the land.

19 minutes ago, JJ-Thailand said:

Don't buy, rent.

Don't be a criminal, breaking the law. Buy what ever you want ... LEGALLY

What do you call 15 lawyers drowned when their super yacht sunk ??... not enough . I haven't met too many honest lawyers in my time. Most of them are only intersted in your money $$$$

18 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yes, Pattaya next most likely, be worried if you are in a villa type housing area

30 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

Buying land is completely safe when if you have a Chanote (Nor Sor 4 Jor) for it. Brits know this as the freehold for the land.

All these foreign investors would have known full well that they were skating on thin ice when they signed the contract but the returns made it attractive.There wouldn't be many millionares who haven't done a dodgy deal or two along the way so it's no good blaming the lawyers.

22 hours ago, john smith said:

There was no mention of any lawyers or nominees being arrested. The properties were all in the millions of baht property range.

Call me a cynic, but there's no money in going after the Thai nominees. With those property prices though, there's a lot of money in going after the foreign owners.

Seems like they are targeting large Villa communities that have high end houses. I don’t see them just going to a nice small village of older homes. I guess they are making more with the new pricey villages.

Haven’t heard anything yet about the condos that are owned in company name. Maybe I’m missing some news.

54 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Call me a cynic, but there's no money in going after the Thai nominees. With those property prices though, there's a lot of money in going after the foreign owners.

Yes it's likely if the thai nominees can't be found easily it will just be deemed an illegal company

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

My lawyer friend reckon the govt don't want to take on the lawyers

Is that the same Lawyer that provided a nominee to buy the land ?

10 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Is that the same Lawyer that provided a nominee to buy the land ?

what land?