Belgian Fraud Suspect Nabbed At Phuket Bus Station

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Belgian fraud suspect nabbed at Phuket Bus Station

Yvon Van Eyersen. File photo.

PHUKET TOWN: -- A Belgian fugitive wanted by police for nine months in connection with two fraud cases was arrested on February 15 at Phuket City Bus Station aboard a bus bound for Bangkok.

Yvon Van Eyersen, 57, was sought for his involvement in the misappropriation of 6 million baht in customer investments from his Phuket Patong Assest Company last year.

Denied bail, the Belgian could be jailed for up to three years if found guilty, said case officer Pol Capt Umporn Musikpan of the Phuket City Police.

Mr Van Eyersen will also face fraud charges for the misappropriation of membership fees while he served as managing director of the Easy Fitness Center located at the Darasamuth School Junction near Central Festival Phuket.

Almost 2,000 members lost 4,000-baht joining fees following the fitness center’s sudden closure in April last year.

The arrest followed an anonymous tip-off to police, who offered a 5,000 baht reward for information leading to Mr Eyersen’s capture.

-- Phuket Gazette 2010-02-22

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Edited February 27, 2010 by george
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[Hawk]

Another one bites the dust.

Did they mention the ears?

[lazygourmet]

That's not the season for us, Belgian...

Hopefully, I just got my extension of stay this morning!

Regarding the ears, it must be a safety device... quite useful when living in a condo.

[meom]

The reward bit is interesting

Maybe George could start a new forum in cooperation with the Thai Police where rewards and names /pictures of Farang on the run from the Thai Police are published.

[boggle]

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PHUKET TOWN: -- A Belgian fugitive wanted by police for nine months in connection with two fraud cases was arrested on February 15 at Phuket City Bus Station aboard a bus bound for Bangkok.

Yvon Van Eyersen, 57, was sought for his involvement in the misappropriation of 6 million baht in customer investments from his Phuket Patong Assest Company last year.

I wonder who else has been implicated in this since he cannot be the majority holder in this company.

Work permit?

[gotlost]

Another one bites the dust.

Did they mention the ears?

Dumbo the Flying Elephant has a law suit against him.

[seekingfriends]

well done to the local police for catching this thief. james

[Thaihog]

The BIB seem to be targeting Farang at the moment.

I wonder what their clear up rate is for Thai criminals....... plenty of Thais guilty of murder freely walking the streets as they have been granted bail....

[BigC]

The BIB seem to be targeting Farang at the moment.

I wonder what their clear up rate is for Thai criminals....... plenty of Thais guilty of murder freely walking the streets as they have been granted bail....

yes i was thinking that. thailand is not short on grasses!

[Ping]

The reward bit is interesting

Maybe George could start a new forum in cooperation with the Thai Police where rewards and names /pictures of Farang on the run from the Thai Police are published.

Why only farang?

[onnut]

Was not very good at his job of fraud if he had to take the bus!

[hhgz]

"The arrest followed an anonymous tip-off to police, who offered a 5,000 baht reward..."

5000THB! Wow, how can I get on that gravy train?!

[surayu]

Why only farang?

".....because this is Thailand and you falang, you no like, you go back!"

[geriatrickid]

The BIB seem to be targeting Farang at the moment.

I wonder what their clear up rate is for Thai criminals....... plenty of Thais guilty of murder freely walking the streets as they have been granted bail....

Perhaps you should consider this;

- Foreign fraudsters often target other foreigners.

- When foreigners lose money they scream to everyone, including in TV.

- Now, the Thai police finally catch one of these alleged crooks, and the best some foreigners can do is to dismiss the effort.

<deleted> do you want? If they do not catch people like this, then the Thais are accused of being corrupt and lazy. When they do catch someone they are accused of targeting foreigners.

Make up your <deleted> mind ok. If this guy was engaged in criminal conduct, then it is a good thing that he's stopped.

It's one less alleged scamster ripping off people and giving foreigners a bad rep.

Edited February 22, 2010 by geriatrickid

[HughJampton]

biggest ears i've ever seen on a human. spank him to death.

[ballpoint]

Make up your <deleted> mind ok. If this guy was engaged in criminal conduct, then it is a good thing that he's stopped.

I'm sure he took good care of his wife, paid his taxes and shopped at local stores, in short, did some good for Thailand. Do you think that should be taken into consideration when he is convicted? Maybe he should be given back all the money he gained from fraud because he was obviously removed from his position at the bus stop only because someone wanted a share of the cash.

[ukrules]

Why only farang?

That's the way this kind of thing usually starts, at first they only pick on a small minority.....................

[parryhandy]

Why only farang?

That's the way this kind of thing usually starts, at first they only pick on a small minority.....................

This ^

This story screams scapegoat. He obviously wasnt even hiding as he was still in Phuket.

[Sisaketmike]

biggest ears i've ever seen on a human. spank him to death.

His ears in Somtham ! Enough food for my wife's village though.......

[moetownblues]

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PHUKET TOWN: -- A Belgian fugitive wanted by police for nine months in connection with two fraud cases was arrested on February 15 at Phuket City Bus Station aboard a bus bound for Bangkok.

Yvon Van Eyersen, 57, was sought for his involvement in the misappropriation of 6 million baht in customer investments from his Phuket Patong Assest Company last year.

I wonder who else has been implicated in this since he cannot be the majority holder in this company.

Work permit?

Good point... There must be at least one thai arrested also or maybe he/she was the one who took the reward and fed him to the lions. Would be interesting to know.

[moetownblues]

biggest ears i've ever seen on a human. spank him to death.

His ears in Somtham ! Enough food for my wife's village though.......

Dumbo .. Would be hard to run and hide wouldn't it.

[moetownblues]

His wife looks like a lovely lady and was wondering why her pic has been posted here. Did she have anything to do with the incident?

[johnboy72]

Surprised he didn't try to fly out of Phuket. Wouldn't of even needed a ticket.

Still, stupid sod for being around Phuket if The old bill had been after him for 9 months or so.

[basjke]

Don't understand why he was still here,he must have HEARD that they were after him.

[retarius]

He's got really cool ears and a long trunk...maybe in the slammer they'll turn him into a performing elephant

[richieudon]

Som nam na!!

[terryp]

It's pretty obvious the many idiotic commenter here don't know of Yvone..he was a long time resident of Patong ..built Soi Easy and helped MANY charity's along the Thai borders (I am talking millions of baht over at least the past 10 years)

He actually is very ill quite possibly not long to live.

IF the fraud case is correct then i will be very surprised ...and a fraction of what HE invested in Thailand, still lets hang the guy before ANYONE knows the facts, good old Thiavisa

[geriatrickid]

I do not know the accused.

I did not know Mr. Bernard Madoff nor Sir Alan Stanford. Prior to their recent arrests for fraud they too gave millions of dollars to charity. Enron was looked upon as the leader in innovative financial instruments and they built their version of Easy Street too, at least until the bubble collapsed.

I am quite willing to accept that an individual is innocent until proven guilty. However, I would not agree that having "built" Soi Easy" is testament to anyone's integrity let alone business ethics. Now correct me if I am wrong, but Soi Easy is off of Bangla Road and is one big enclosed series of beer bars filled with women selling over priced drinks and their flesh while the operators take something called bar fines. Where I come from, we call that living off the avails of prostitution and it is hardly anything that most people would be proud of doing at least not to the point they would tell their mum at Sunday dinner, Hey Ma guess what, I get 15% of the girls income that my bars are pimping out. No, I think not. So may I suggest that you not appear as a character witness for the accused.

[Sisaketmike]

Was not very good at his job of fraud if he had to take the bus!

I guess it was very easy to find the big eared guy. Why couldn’t he fly away with his big ears???

[steelepulse]

His wife looks like a lovely lady and was wondering why her pic has been posted here. Did she have anything to do with the incident?

From what someone told me that was owed money by said alleged fraudster, this guy transferred all assets and company to his wife thinking he could get away with it.