Danish tax fraud suspect arrested in Phuket

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Danish tax fraud suspect arrested in Thailand


Photo: Glen MacLarty @ WikiCommons

PHUKET: -- Phuket Immigration Police arrested a 48 year old Dane on Thursday the 6th November.

The man is wanted for tax fraud in Denmark, the alleged crime sums up to almost DKK 10 million. According to Bangkok Post the Dane was listed in Interpol and arrested for overstaying his visa.

The police told Bangkok Post that the man arrived in Thailand late summer 2010 and that his visa ran out more than a year ago. He stayed in Patong sub-district of Thalang district on Phuket.

Source: http://scandasia.com/danish-tax-fraud-suspect-arrested-in-thailand/

-- ScandAsia 2014-11-06

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Danish tax dodger caught in Phuket
Suthicha Sirirat


Jensen in the hands of the Immigration Police today.

PHUKET: -- Phuket police this afternoon arrested a Danish man they found living in Thailand without a valid visa.

He will be sent back home to Denmark – where he is wanted for evading taxes totalling the equivalent of B53 million.

Peter Jensen, 48, was on an Interpol list of wanted people. Police said they received a letter from the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok informing them that Jensen was wanted and saying that he was suspected of being in Phuket.

Thai Police circulated a photo of the man to patrol officers, two of whom spotted a man who resembled the photograph in a local restaurant in Pa Khlok.

They asked him for his passport or ID but he said he was not carrying it. After close questioning they were able to confirm that the man was Jensen.

Records showed that he entered Thailand on August 31, 2010, through Suvarnabhumi Airport on a temporary visa which was extended several times. The most recent extnsion expired on April 24 last year.

Jensen admitted being in the country illegally and was taken to the police station. He is expected to be extradited soon.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/danish-tax-dodger-caught-in-phuket-49518.php


-- Phuket News 2014-11-06

[N47HAN]

Good , the guy was a a hole in the first degree and stuffed my company for xxx,xxx thb.

Hope he rots

Edit ,

A few bottle of JW on the way from me to immigration.

Get rid of all these guys not here legally , haven't met a good one yet

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Edited November 6, 2014 by N47HAN

[Mango Bob]

6 guys standing in back of the tax evader all without a uniform. It must laundry day or dress causal day with the RTP.

[uel1968]

6 guys standing in back of the tax evader all without a uniform. It must laundry day or dress causal day with the RTP.

yeah,its laundry day for the RTP,they get a tax reduction for laundering work place clothing,lol

[uel1968]

Good and bad,more the later i would say.

[NeverSure]

What are the penalties in that country for tax evasion?

The only guy I knew personally who got nailed in the US did 10 years in a federal minimum security prison. (Max. security is for dangerous offenders.)

[Somtamnication]

These photo poses crack me up. Super funny.

[Andrew65]

What are the penalties in that country for tax evasion?

The only guy I knew personally who got nailed in the US did 10 years in a federal minimum security prison. (Max. security is for dangerous offenders.)

Didn't they nail Al Capone for that eventually ?

[AJBangkok]

does Interpol really track down tax cheats? You'd think they have better things to do with their time.

[Andrew65]

What are the penalties in that country for tax evasion?

The only guy I knew personally who got nailed in the US did 10 years in a federal minimum security prison. (Max. security is for dangerous offenders.)

Didn't they nail Al Capone for that eventually ?

Poor old Al got sent to Alcatraz - imagine if he would have been nailed for committing a more serious crime!!

[IamNoone88]

RTP are pretty good at chipping away at the interpol list.

They do not seem too good at putting a certain fugitive on the same list ..........

[Valentine]

Good , the guy was a a hole in the first degree and stuffed my company for xxx,xxx thb.

Hope he rots

Edit ,

A few bottle of JW on the way from me to immigration.

Get rid of all these guys not here legally , haven't met a good one yet

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Is he the "SEO expert"?

[skildpadden]

That is good - can the Thai police now start catching this country's tax evaders?

[KarenBravo]

Since when was Patong a sub-district of Ampur Thalang?

It's a sub-district of Ampur Kathu.

The usual shoddy reporting.

A lot of people seem to think that Interpol is actually a separate police force. It isn't it is just an organization that sets up liaisons between different nationalities of police forces.

[sydneyjed]

What are the penalties in that country for tax evasion?

The only guy I knew personally who got nailed in the US did 10 years in a federal minimum security prison. (Max. security is for dangerous offenders.)

A thousand lashes with a pillow case feather..then they normally put them up in a open prison style campus better than some of the $150 sh.t hole motels I have stayed in Oz..

It's all about rehabilitation in Scandinavia prisons and he'll be glad to be in one after experiencing a fortnight in a Thai one!!

[jaywalker]

Good , the guy was a a hole in the first degree and stuffed my company for xxx,xxx thb.

Hope he rots

Edit ,

A few bottle of JW on the way from me to immigration.

Get rid of all these guys not here legally , haven't met a good one yet

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Has anybody heard about that scum-bag Raoul the "boat builder" in Pattaya recently?

Sorry to hear you got scammed N47HAN.

If this guy was like Raoul he doesn't deserve a Danish jail, at least not until he spends a year or so in a Thai jail.

[BKKDP]

What are the penalties in that country for tax evasion?

The only guy I knew personally who got nailed in the US did 10 years in a federal minimum security prison. (Max. security is for dangerous offenders.)

Recent senteces handed down by Danish courts range from 3 to 6 years in a minimum security facility.

[smotherb]

What are the penalties in that country for tax evasion?

The only guy I knew personally who got nailed in the US did 10 years in a federal minimum security prison. (Max. security is for dangerous offenders.)

Didn't they nail Al Capone for that eventually ?

Poor old Al got sent to Alcatraz - imagine if he would have been nailed for committing a more serious crime!!

Al Capone was sent to Alcatraz; however, Alcatraz was for dangerous criminals; not dangerous crimes.

[ThailandLOS]

Another quality tourist

[parmo2]

The biggest crimes are ones against the government, it seems, and against their big business paymasters like yesterday's arrest of pirate bay founder.

But the government low intelligence enforcers have no clue about that.

[Raymonddiaz]

Question: While in detention, do you have the right not to be taken pictures of you or taken to the press conference?

[maanoi]

I can't tell who the criminal is. It would help if they could point st him.

[jaywalker]

I can't tell who the criminal is. It would help if they could point st him.

Yeah! I'm totally confused as nobody is pointing.

They probably told them to point at the criminal and they all pointed at each other with both hands....

Photographer said "err...Forget it".

Edited November 7, 2014 by jaywalker

[ThailandLOS]

Question: While in detention, do you have the right not to be taken pictures of you or taken to the press conference?

Good question, especially since he's still only a suspect and not convicted on the charges of tax fraud.

[Nielsk]

What are the penalties in that country for tax evasion?

The only guy I knew personally who got nailed in the US did 10 years in a federal minimum security prison. (Max. security is for dangerous offenders.)

A 27-year-old man Denmark) was Thursday by the Court of Lyngby sentenced to three years in prison for tax fraud.

In addition to the judgment of the three years in prison, the 27-year-old was sentenced to an additional fine of nearly 21.5 million kroner

[mercman24]

correct me if i am wrong did i read some time ago a farang murdered his girfriend and fled, and everyone knew where he was living didny even change his name,but the police chief was "too busy" to arrest him, at the time.

[Nielsk]

does Interpol really track down tax cheats? You'd think they have better things to do with their time.

Interpol's main tasks are public safety and terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, trafficking, child pornography, economic crime and corruption..

[Nielsk]

I can't tell who the criminal is. It would help if they could point st him.

Your problem...

[raro]

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