Dutch Man Arrested For Forging Ex-wife's Signature

[sriracha john]

Dutch man arrested for forging ex-wife's signature

Police have arrested a Dutch and his lawyer for allegedly forging the signature of his Thai ex-wife so that he could reclaimed Bt60 million worth of assets.

Roberp Dahan, 44, was arrested in Pattaya Friday evening and the lawyer, Promporn Nualkanok, 46, was arrested at her law firm on the same day.

The arrests were made under the warrant approved by the Criminal Court on August 2.

Dahan's ex-wife, Nonglak Charoensuk, 31, filed complaints with the court that he forged her signatures when he filed for divorce and the forgery allowed him to unfairly retrieve Bt60 million worth of assets from her in the middle of this year.

Dahan and Nonglak have parented two children.

Nonglak said Dahan later fell in love with a transgender and filed for a divorce.

- The Nation 2007-12-15

[jonniebkk]

Dutch man arrested for forging ex-wife's signature

Nonglak said Dahan later fell in love with a transgender and filed for a divorce.

An only in Pattaya tale of romance

[naka]

You really have to wonder where Nonglak got 60 million from in the first place.

Naka.

[Rajah]

Dutch man arrested for forging ex-wife's signature

Nonglak said Dahan later fell in love with a transgender and filed for a divorce.

An only in Pattaya tale of romance

Nice detail I have to admit.

[Digitalbanana]

You really have to wonder where Nonglak got 60 million from in the first place.

Naka.

One presumes from one dumb Dutchman.

[dekestone]

Dutch man arrested for forging ex-wife's signature

Nonglak said Dahan later fell in love with a transgender and filed for a divorce.

An only in Pattaya tale of romance

Nice detail I have to admit.

If you wrote this in a novel they'd say it was too far fetched.

[kankaroo]

Dutch man arrested for forging ex-wife's signature

Police have arrested a Dutch and his lawyer for allegedly forging the signature of his Thai ex-wife so that he could reclaimed Bt60 million worth of assets.

Roberp Dahan, 44, was arrested in Pattaya Friday evening and the lawyer, Promporn Nualkanok, 46, was arrested at her law firm on the same day.

The arrests were made under the warrant approved by the Criminal Court on August 2.

Dahan's ex-wife, Nonglak Charoensuk, 31, filed complaints with the court that he forged her signatures when he filed for divorce and the forgery allowed him to unfairly retrieve Bt60 million worth of assets from her in the middle of this year.

Dahan and Nonglak have parented two children.

Nonglak said Dahan later fell in love with a transgender and filed for a divorce.

- The Nation 2007-12-15

I see that The Nation has cleaned up its act regarding grammatical errors

[Claymore]

You really have to wonder where Nonglak got 60 million from in the first place.

Naka.

Well isn't her father-in-law an Ex President of Exxon and connected to the Guggenheims

[meemiathai]

You really have to wonder where Nonglak got 60 million from in the first place.

Naka.

You are surprised that a thai can have that money?

[Briggsy]

Oh boy, is that policeman having a jackpot day!

"You gib me little bit and you gib me little bit and you gib me little bit and where's that 'transgender', I want little bit from he/she too."

[Lorin]

You really have to wonder where Nonglak got 60 million from in the first place.

Naka.

You are surprised that a thai can have that money?

Not that Thais cant have that money, but they wont marry Dutchman in Pattaya if they have that money in the first place.

[phil2]

You really have to wonder where Nonglak got 60 million from in the first place.

Naka.

You are surprised that a thai can have that money?

Not that Thais cant have that money, but they wont marry Dutchman in Pattaya if they have that money in the first place.

A friend of mine used to brad about his wife's family being very rich. When I mentioned it to my wife, she said if it were true then the lady won't be married to a foreigner because her family would disapprove of the marriage. Today he's in the hilton with the wife and her family ripping him of close to a million. She's presently on the prowl for another "fool."

[jomama]

Dutch man arrested for forging ex-wife's signature

Nonglak said Dahan later fell in love with a transgender and filed for a divorce.

An only in Pattaya tale of romance

And only in Thailand -- it could be an unsubstantiated allegation that is repeated by the police and printed by the newspaper. It could be entirely untrue. It might have a whole lot more to do with 60 million baht.

[cobalto]

A friend of mine used to brad about his wife's family being very rich. When I mentioned it to my wife, she said if it were true then the lady won't be married to a foreigner because her family would disapprove of the marriage. Today he's in the hilton with the wife and her family ripping him of close to a million. She's presently on the prowl for another "fool."

It is all about investment... She is now probably closer to be rich than she was before... Someday she will get there and then it will be true.

[Maestro]

And only in Thailand -- it could be an unsubstantiated...

An interesting viewpoint. On several occasions I got the impression that in Thailand anybody can file a complaint with the police against somebody without any evidence and the police makes no investigation but arrests the accused person immediately. If the accused cannot prove his innocence immediately then and there at the police station or pays money to the accuser to withdraw his complaint, the case gets sent to court.

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Maestro

[Payboy]

retrieve

is the keword in the story....

[AlexLah]

Dahan (Last name) is not a Dutch name.

Quote:The accused Dutchman is the son of the world’s eleventh richest man.

Go here: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/Rank_1.html

No Dahan mentioned.

Mr. Dahan wanted all the marital property, including the house, which was worth 130 million baht.

So who is he and where did the money came from?

You can find a picture here of him: http://www.engaust.com.au/magazines/ea/100...sociations.html

Now compare this with the pictures here: http://www.pattayadailynews.com/shownews_a...NEWS=0000004546

Edited December 17, 2007 by AlexLah

[TAWP]

...and we don't have to say what happened when she did...so your argument is flawed, null and void.

[sriracha john]

Dutch Man accused of forging divorce papers arrested by Tourist Police

Pattaya’s Tourist Police Division in cooperation with the Crime Suppression Unit from Bangkok intended to arrest three individuals who were known to be residing in Pattaya on Friday Night.

Three arrest warrants were issued for Mr. Robert Dahan aged 44, the son of a prominent Business Owner in Holland, Khun Prom aged 46, Mr. Dahan’s Lawyer and Khun Preedar, who could not be located by Police and remains at large.

The arrests were made following a complaint from the former Wife of Mr. Dahan, Khun Nongruck aged 31. Their relationship recently came to an end after Mr. Dahan began a new relationship with a transsexual.

It is alleged that with the assistance of his lawyer, Khun Prom and Khun Preedar, fake Divorce papers were drawn up which contained a signature which Khun Nongruck claims was not hers and was forged by Mr. Dahan’s legal team.

The papers signed over assets totaling 60 Million Baht to Mr. Dahan, which was just under half of the value of their Estate worth over 130 Million Baht. However, legal ownership of the assets belonged solely to Khun Nongruck.

The local court approved the Divorce Settlement based on the papers which are allegedly fake. Following a complaint made to Police in Bangkok by Khun Nongruck, further investigations determined the papers may have been forged and arrest warrants were then issued.

Mr. Dahan has been transferred to the Crime Suppression Bureau in Bangkok where further investigations are now underway.

- PCN

[monty]

If he indeed is the son of a prominent business man (which I understand to be Rene Dahan, a very prominent Dutch business person, ex- vice president of Exxon) then I would say that pretty much the complete estate was financed by Robert.

If any of the estate was acquired after being married, he would have been entitled to 50% of it anyway, and in normal circumstances the courts tend to follow this rule even with foreigners involved.

Which I believe to be the case, otherwise the judge would not have released half the estate to him after having seen the (forged) divorce papers.

Me thinks Ms. Nongruck was trying to cling to 100% of the estate (instead of the 50% she would have gotten in any case) by not wanting to sign the divorce papers herself!

I must admit that I find it quite positive that the lawyers are getting arrested and implicated as well, seeing how they handle all the iffy land holding companies one would think they can work with impunity from the law over here!!!

[sniffdog]

Indeed, his real name is Rene Dahan Jr. Daddy is (or used to be) the executive of Exxon Mobil, TNT, Ahold and Aegon.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/2840385...l__.html?p=27,1

The article is in Dutch, but I am sure those interested can find a way to get a rudimentary translation.

One part (daddy's quote) is kind of funny though:

'It's the classic problem of people who like to marry with a Thai person, without understanding the consequences of such a commitment. Then big problems arise if people separate. I understood many Dutch people have preceded him. He had to understand that as the son of a rich gentlemen you're 'walking bait'. My son is 44. He's not a child anymore. At this age the relationship with my son is purely blood related, and nothing else.'

[tijnebijn]

I have read the article in the telegraaf .

His father was also saying his son is now released but

has to be available for the authorities if needing to .

Saying it is not too smart talking to journalists that his father is a very

prominent person , that it is better to be silent at times when this

is more appropriate .

He is also taking care of his two children while being in this turmoil right now .

Wonder if it was a less prominant figure with much less money if it would

get to the media like this , probably that is what his father meant with it

happened with many others before his sons .......

[Tony Clifton]

Recipe:

1 greedy wife.

Too many witnesses that will contradict themselves later on.

Her lawyer.

Your incompetent lawyer.

100% of everything.

Add a bunch of not so reputed and low-paid men in brown uniforms with the power to arrest.

After an investigation, it was determined that the evidence pointed to the strong possibility that the suspects had forged the documents.

Yeah yeah, this conclusion immediately comes from the same Pattaya Sherlocks who often declare that the guy who jumped from a building died of a heart attack or that others managed to stick a bag on their heads while handcuffed. They must drool when working on cases involving rich people.

FRAMED!

Edited December 20, 2007 by Tony Clifton

[Chang_paarp]

I wonder if the arrest warrant was forged too?

[thaigene2]

You really have to wonder where Nonglak got 60 million from in the first place.

Naka.

You are surprised that a thai can have that money?

Not that Thais cant have that money, but they wont marry Dutchman in Pattaya if they have that money in the first place.

A friend of mine used to brad about his wife's family being very rich. When I mentioned it to my wife, she said if it were true then the lady won't be married to a foreigner because her family would disapprove of the marriage. Today he's in the hilton with the wife and her family ripping him of close to a million. She's presently on the prowl for another "fool."

Yes that's my understanding too. Though I thiink it's changing a bit. A Hi-So Thai woman can usually get away with marrying a foreigner if she's divorced from the first Hi-So Thai (or Thai-Chinese) husband. In other words, she did her duty for her family's 'face' in the first go-round. The second time round is up to her..

[LawThai]

Robert Henry Johannes Dahan, alias RHJ Dahan, by friends called Robert has left his office in Pattaya (no 1 a gogo) and flew back to the Netherlands

[OzMick]

Isn't it illegal for a thai woman to buy land with assets/funds provided by her husband?

[Jdietz]

Robert Henry Johannes Dahan, alias RHJ Dahan, by friends called Robert has left his office in Pattaya (no 1 a gogo) and flew back to the Netherlands

Took him 5 years to pack his bags?

[Darrel]

No, it took his Thai "friends" 5 years to spend whatever he had left of his dad's money after the wife had got the first 60M back.

[bangkokburning]

And only in Thailand -- it could be an unsubstantiated...

An interesting viewpoint. On several occasions I got the impression that in Thailand anybody can file a complaint with the police against somebody without any evidence and the police makes no investigation but arrests the accused person immediately. If the accused cannot prove his innocence immediately then and there at the police station or pays money to the accuser to withdraw his complaint, the case gets sent to court.

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Maestro

If you think that is bad - any Filipino can have you tossed in jail on a myriad of charges and the police are allowed to adjudicate. Go ahead and move to Philippines - I dare you!