Middle-Easterner wanted for theft from Central Pattaya Money Exchange Booth

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Middle-Easterner wanted for theft from Central Pattaya Money Exchange Booth



PATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Monday a Money Exchange Booth assistant reported the alleged theft of around 100,000 Baht’s worth of foreign currency from her Booth in Central Pattaya.

Khun Duangmanee, was working at the SS Exchange Booth on Second Road in Central Pattaya when two men, described as Middle-Eastern in appearance, approached and asked to change a 100 US Dollar Note for two 50 US Dollar Notes. She obliged and completed the transaction without a problem.

One of the men then asked if he could look at a selection of foreign currency held at the booth and once again the assistant obliged and produced a selection of foreign currency notes. She placed the notes close to the opening through the front window of the booth and the man grabbed the notes and began to look through them.

Khun Duangmanee grabbed the notes back from the man who was angry and ran away with his friend. However, after checking through the foreign currency notes, it was clear that many were missing, equating to around 100,000 Baht in value.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/127093/middle-easterner-wanted-for-theft-from-central-pattaya-money-exchange-booth/


-- Pattaya One 2014-05-05

[pitrevie]

I gather you can be approached by supposedly newly arrived visitors and asked if you can show them what Thai money looks like. You then take out your wallet to show them and then.....

[chooka]

Khun Duangmanee, you are a silly person.

[fakename]

Darwin would sure have fun here!

[ezzra]

No surprise there, more foreigners more crimes, Pattaya attract all sort of "tourist" from the

well hilled to the down right scum bags, thieves and petty criminals, add to the equation lack

of abilities to police all this mayhem compounding with the fact that you can bribe your self

out from almost any crime and you have a hot house conditions for crimes...

[Suradit69]

it was clear that many were missing, equating to around 100,000 Baht in value.

She must have shown him one helluva selection of notes if a few missing examples amounted to Baht 100.000.

This sounds a bit like the tourists who claim they were out for a stroll on Beach Rd at 3:00 in the morning and had a bag stolen that contained 5 cell phones, 3 laptops, 2 iPods, bearer bonds, various currencies, diamonds and the secret recipe for Coca Cola.

One feels one's credulity being stretched.

[bulekee]

it was clear that many were missing, equating to around 100,000 Baht in value.

She must have shown him one helluva selection of notes if a few missing examples amounted to Baht 100.000.

This sounds a bit like the tourists who claim they were out for a stroll on Beach Rd at 3:00 in the morning and had a bag stolen that contained 5 cell phones, 3 laptops, 2 iPods, bearer bonds, various currencies, diamonds and the secret recipe for Coca Cola.

One feels one's credulity being stretched.

And a partridge in a pear tree.

[klauskunkel]

Khun Duangmanee, you are a silly person.

yes, but she will be promoted soon...

[alfalfa19]

Bogus. I can barely get them to change one 100 dollar traveler's check, and very grudgingly at that. I can't picture any of these money changers putting thousands of dollars in currency out for me to peruse.

[Mrjlh]

What other foreign currency is larger in value than a $100 bill? Because if they were hundred dollar bills she showed them there would be 31 of them to make 100,000B. We don't issue $500 dollar bills. So what did she show them. Gold coins?

[alocacoc]

[JesseFrank]

Haven't there been a few identical stories over the years ?

I guess I'm off to the nearest exchange booth to look at some currencies

[alocacoc]

What other foreign currency is larger in value than a $100 bill? Because if they were hundred dollar bills she showed them there would be 31 of them to make 100,000B. We don't issue $500 dollar bills. So what did she show them. Gold coins?

As example; 1000 Swiss Frank bill = 1140 USD. 500 Euro bill = 690 USD

[Payboy]

Khun Duangmanee, you are a silly person.

yes, but she will be promoted soon...

She can apply for the vacant CFO position at Thai Air.

[JoeThePoster]

What's a nice girl like her doing in a place like that?

[lee b]

Yes the girl didn't know what she was about to do is just so wrong, but this guys picture should be sent to every Thai airport and border crossing in the hope of catching him. Thats if he has'nt already left !

[SOTIRIOS]

...this is getting scary...

...incident after incident....go exchange money....get accused of something.....the teller's word against yours...

...last time...2 days after the fact....it was deemed a foreigner had exchanged counterfeit currency....

[robblok]

What other foreign currency is larger in value than a $100 bill? Because if they were hundred dollar bills she showed them there would be 31 of them to make 100,000B. We don't issue $500 dollar bills. So what did she show them. Gold coins?

Euros are by far larger they even have 500 euro bills.

[bushwacker]

HINT TO POLICE: Dig deeper, you do not have the entire story .... (I'm smelling Fish!)

[Rimmer]

Off topic post removed

[MMarlow]

Bogus. I can barely get them to change one 100 dollar traveler's check, and very grudgingly at that. I can't picture any of these money changers putting thousands of dollars in currency out for me to peruse.

You're making up the bit about thousands of dollars.

[Tchooptip]

What other foreign currency is larger in value than a $100 bill? Because if they were hundred dollar bills she showed them there would be 31 of them to make 100,000B. We don't issue $500 dollar bills. So what did she show them. Gold coins?

As example; 1000 Swiss Frank bill = 1140 USD. 500 Euro bill = 690 USD

Good luck with 500€ bills almost nobody in all Europe would accept them, understandable since to day a little more 22,000 Bahts for one single bill

Unlikely she had any by the way! Anyhow 100,000 Bahts very hard to explain.

[jayjayjayjay]

What other foreign currency is larger in value than a $100 bill? Because if they were hundred dollar bills she showed them there would be 31 of them to make 100,000B. We don't issue $500 dollar bills. So what did she show them. Gold coins?

The UK £100 and Euro 100 is worth a heap more than that your shitty easily faked USD$100. You only need 18 UK £100 notes. In my business we transact over a billion baht a year and not one $1 in USD now.

[Mrjlh]

What other foreign currency is larger in value than a $100 bill? Because if they were hundred dollar bills she showed them there would be 31 of them to make 100,000B. We don't issue $500 dollar bills. So what did she show them. Gold coins?

As example; 1000 Swiss Frank bill = 1140 USD. 500 Euro bill = 690 USD

Didn't know that...thanks. Learn something every day.

[stockholm1995]

Let us count.

She placed the bank notes close to the opening through the front window of the booth( 50 x 100 $)

She grabbed them back and notes equating to around 100,000 Baht in value was missing which means 30 x 100$ was missing.

60% of the bank notes gone and she didn´t notice that.

Maybe they took 1 bank note and run away and here she take the chance to make some extra money and who is going to believe the tourists when police arrest them.

[Asiantravel]

Not the old “ can I see some money “trick again?

I mean, at the very least you would expect the employers of people like Khun Duangmanee to warn them of this ploy

[transam]

I smell a rat with this story...................

[Mrjlh]

What other foreign currency is larger in value than a $100 bill? Because if they were hundred dollar bills she showed them there would be 31 of them to make 100,000B. We don't issue $500 dollar bills. So what did she show them. Gold coins?

As example; 1000 Swiss Frank bill = 1140 USD. 500 Euro bill = 690 USD

Didn't know that...thanks. Learn something every day.

Francs are obsoleted aren't they? You use Euros now. So it still doesn't add up unless they were one ounce Kruger-rand's.

[Strangebrew]

First of this would be a first I never had an exchange booth hand me any money first unless they had mine in hand. I think this dumb broad either gave some to boyfriend as loan but he didn't come back to replace it as promised so an Indian man makes exchange and she put on a play for camera to cover her being so stupid.

[Strangebrew]

And here I thought Thai's were suppose to be smarter than most so Professor explain this.