Phuket kidnappers 'were Russian loan sharks'

[losworld]

Boychuk probably back in the Ukraine helping the freedom movement lol.

Seriously pathetic individuals these loan sharks. Better wording would be loan maggots.

Edited March 22, 2014 by losworld

[MMarlow]

withdrew 300K from the ATM?? I am only allowed to withdrawl 20K per day.

right, is that even possible? i guess its more quality thai journalism.

Yes, it is possible.

[MMarlow]

it's all a set-up.

Probably there was a fight between the 2 and she won .

Then she asked for help to uncles and nephew and they helped cleaning out the atm

and dumped the body.

If you have a villa in Puckett,it is more worth than a milj bht.

Since the victim was not married with a thai nat. it was in company name ,

so all they had to do was do a transfer of director (costs 7000bht) and does not even require the

victim to be there !The victim also had 300 000 bht on his account?

All BS

"All BS"

As is your ridiculous post.

[Jim walker]

Always pay your debits and no one will come looking for you, and if you don’t borrow money in the first place you won’t have any debts to worry about, live within your means.

[Tchooptip]

I do not know if they are loan shark, but I guess they do have real shark face, doing any kind of job with such people IMHO is certainly never a good idea!

[Wat dee]

"closely watched by the man now known as Oleksandr Boychuk, aka Andrei, a Ukrainian citizen"

so why they call them Russian loan sharks ??? if one is Ukrainian ....

They are all the same s...! Fingers crossed, Krim explodes!

[mok199]

trb..typical russian behaviour...

[Equalizer]

You borrow money, you pay it back. If you lend money to someone from your country and they did not pay you back what would you feel like doing to them? I do not lend money for this exact reason, i just don't know what i would be capable of doing if someone did not pay me back my hard earned dollar. They knew what the consequences where.

[alllyn]

"closely watched by the man now known as Oleksandr Boychuk, aka Andrei, a Ukrainian citizen"

so why they call them Russian loan sharks ??? if one is Ukrainian ....

Maybe he was from Crimea?

[sidewaysallwayz]

Agreed,...they make it sound so luxurious by calling it a resort, but when you actually get there it's like a construction worker dorm,...lol and when you try to find another, you figure out that it's all the same for a 30 km in all directions! I stick with agoda.com or Groupons Thailand, to assure myself of happy trip

[sidewaysallwayz]

There's always a reason for things going bad in Thailand, if the story is true, I think they came here to hide, but when you look like a sore thumb sticking out where ever you go ( in Thailand ) it probably wasn't a good idea.

[rickirs]

Maybe its time to change the name from Phuket to Phukesky or Phukeningrad.

[Traveller45]

And here we go again with the Russian bashing ...... I guess those guys who bash Russian constantly totally forgot where they are now , Those stories , you have everywhere and done by many nationalities .... This Russian bashing is very stupid as you put them all in the same basket .... really annoying to hear all the time the same from people thinking for sure to be better than anyone else here .... boring

No we do not. We all know there is are number of decent Russians out there, cultivated people, but when it DOES come down to it, these Mafia heads, people where you'd change the sidewalk if they come head-on, you have to admit the Russians play the part... a class society, really, where the lower echelon has no education, no shame, no morality, just get by any way you can. Totalitarian communism was EXACTLY right for them, and no wonder 90% want it back

[BlackRussian]

Ban all russians would cut the problems in half!

I would ban all stupid arrogant persons with black and white vision of the world, but unfortunately there is no information about people's prejudices in their passports.

[LivinginKata]

Please try to stay on this local Phuket story and not wander off into other world issues. 4 posts removed.

[mercman24]

yep im judge and jury, she done it, got her mates to do the dirty business,-- end of-- case solved

[Thongkorn]

Living the dream.

[Somtamnication]

"closely watched by the man now known as Oleksandr Boychuk, aka Andrei, a Ukrainian citizen"

so why they call them Russian loan sharks ??? if one is Ukrainian ....

He is only being politically correct. The Ukraine will be annexed, shortly!

[harleyclarkey]

Looking at recent events in the Crimea, with the mindset, is it any wonder these are just a tiny fraction of the Russian exports to the tourist spots around the world.

God help us when they really get going.

ps You can set the daily limit in Thailand for your ATM withdrawals.

[hgma]

Borrow = Sorrow.

I have read that somewhere before.

[bangarang]

Seriously? How can you raise your limit to 300k at the atm.. thats pretty high. most I can take out is like 30k but it seems like that banks might be curious why so much money is being taken out. That seems like too much to casually take out at the atm... Sooo did they recover any video from the ATMs itself to prove this theory?

But then again... owing 1mil thb to loan sharks is never a good thing.. especially russians... Something smells fishy

[kimamey]

The daily limit you can withdraw is set by your bank... The only limit set by the ATM is "per transaction"

So if they had a Limit with their home bank for 10,000... Then could do 15 transactions at the same ATM for 20k THB each

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My wife makes multiple withdrawals as well 20,000 at a time. It may that 20 notes is the maximum that will coe out of the slot. just a thought.

I don't know why they say Russians if one of them is Ukrainian. It's not Russia, well not yet.

[Phuketboy]

withdrew 300K from the ATM?? I am only allowed to withdrawl 20K per day.

right, is that even possible? i guess its more quality thai journalism.

No, I can withdraw more. You can organise a higher withdraw limit with the bank. However you may have to do multiple transactions

Edited March 22, 2014 by Phuketboy

[lostinisaan]

The guys on the photo don't look like I'd want to eat Somtham with them....

[Somtamnication]

The guys on the photo don't look like I'd want to eat Somtham with them....

Yeah, it would be bloody painful if they ate me.

[Bluespunk]

'Gen Vitsanu said that the case is becoming clearer now and the police are convinced that the kidnapping was genuine. The question is whether Mr Slabinskiy was involved in the plan or not.

If he was involved, then the beating was presumably staged and he is now hiding somewhere in Phuket. If he was not, then investigators agree with Ms Strizheus, that he is most likely already dead.'

​After all the girlfriend said, the BIB still won't let go of this idea. From what she says the guy was assaulted viciously and repeatedly, yet they still say he could have set it up.

Jesus

[stevenl]

'Gen Vitsanu said that the case is becoming clearer now and the police are convinced that the kidnapping was genuine. The question is whether Mr Slabinskiy was involved in the plan or not.

If he was involved, then the beating was presumably staged and he is now hiding somewhere in Phuket. If he was not, then investigators agree with Ms Strizheus, that he is most likely already dead.'

​After all the girlfriend said, the BIB still won't let go of this idea. From what she says the guy was assaulted viciously and repeatedly, yet they still say he could have set it up.

Jesus

One witness, possible involved in this as well, claims something. If they were to blindly believe her and only follow that you'd complain about that.

Jesus.

[socksy01]

those russian are taking over the world with violence and drugs drink and bad manners

Was told by an American mate the other day that they are buying Condo's in abundance. Families clubbing together to buy and having regular holidays in Pattaya and Phuket. Maybe Ukraine as well.

[HooHaa]

Seriously? How can you raise your limit to 300k at the atm.. thats pretty high. most I can take out is like 30k but it seems like that banks might be curious why so much money is being taken out. That seems like too much to casually take out at the atm... Sooo did they recover any video from the ATMs itself to prove this theory?

But then again... owing 1mil thb to loan sharks is never a good thing.. especially russians... Something smells fishy

yes they did.

Police checked the camera at the ATM and collected footage of her withdrawing money, closely watched by the man now known as Oleksandr Boychuk, aka Andrei, a Ukrainian citizen.

And i can raise the limit on my bangkok bank atm card with one phone call. takes less than 5 minutes.

you really should try reading the whole story sometimes.

[Traveller45]

the secluded Blue Garden Resort

There should be some law about what sort of place qualifies to be called a 'resort'.

It's no Marriot, but I think it qualifies as a resort; http://www.sawadee.com/hotel/phuket/bluegarden/

Here's from that page:

The resort facilitates a large swimming pool with full spacious bar and fine restaurant where great Thai cuisine and traditional French dishes are at your flavor.

The “ Happiness” are at your accessible where comfort with full services and facilities be in the right place here at “ Blue Garden Resort “

Is that sort of English Thai or Russian? Looks like a reasonably nice place too