webfact Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Malaysian woman nabbed for fake credit card Phuket shopping spreeEakkapop ThongtubMalaysian national Khoo Ping Sze was arrested at Phuket Airport while waiting to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Ekkapop ThongtubPHUKET: -- Immigration police arrested a Malaysian woman at Phuket International Airport last night (May 27) for using fake credit cards to fund a shopping spree on the island.Khoo Ping Sze, 20, was taken into custody in the international departure lounge while she was waiting to board a 9:40pm AirAsia flight to Kuala Lumpur.Officers found 17 fake Visa and Mastercard credit cards, all issued in her name, in her purse, and seized her boarding pass and passport.“Staff at Kasikornbank (KBank) informed police that someone used a fake credit card to pay for an airline ticket at a counter in Patong yesterday evening,” Col Prawit Aengchuan, deputy superintendent of Phuket Immigration Police, announced today (May 28).Khoo Ping sourced the fake cards from a “friend” in Malaysia, he explained.“She said that her friend created the fake cards and put her name on them, then sent her on a shopping trip to neighbouring countries,” he added.Khoo Ping used the fake credit cards to buy brand-name items in Vietnam and send them to Malaysia before coming to Phuket, where she continued her fake card shopping spree.Khoo Ping was charged with possessing and using fake credit cards and is being held at the Tha Chat Chai police station.Her arrest follows that of an Malaysian man who last month was also taken into custody at the airport for using fake credit cards.Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/malaysian-woman-nabbed-for-fake-credit-card-phuket-shopping-spree-52524.php-- Phuket News 2015-05-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MobileContent Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Lock her up for a long time and add another 5 years for her stupidity for booking a ticket on a fake credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphya33 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 If she had used cash to buy the return ticket, she would have gotten clean away but I guess that would have been against her principles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Why would anyone wear a stocking hat in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgphuket Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 How do you tell the difference between Thai police and Thai thugs? You can't. Why would anyone wear a stocking hat in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamnanT Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Wow...she even had an AMEX Centurion black card in the mix. Not only a crook, but a status-conscious crook as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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