Suspected Hotel cheater arrested by Pattaya Police

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Suspected Hotel cheater arrested by Pattaya Police



PATTAYA: -- Pattaya Police arrested a 25 year old man at a Hotel in Central Pattaya on Monday Evening.

Khun Boramin, who had accrued a Hotel bill of over 30,000 Baht since he checked in on 19th August was arrested and taken to Pattaya Police Station after Hotel Staff attempted to clear his bill without success.

He was due to check out on 31st August but decided to extend his stay indefinitely. He would eat in the Hotel restaurant every night and would sign bills and the Hotel would assign the charges to his room.

Hotel staff mentioned that Khun Boramin would always act in a high-class way and would only talk English. He told staff that he was a driver for the Singaporean Ambassador and had his own company which sold Airplanes.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/218166/suspected-hotel-cheater-arrested-by-pattaya-police/


-- Pattaya One 2015-09-23

[Cloggie]

He is ready for Thai Parliament, actually he is ready for any parliament in the world - he passed the most important test "cheating and lying"

[Don Mega]

His company that sells airplanes, they are of the remote control hobby variety ?

[DD13]

His company that sells airplanes, they are of the remote control hobby variety ?

A man with a "Flight of Fantasy"

[sharecropper]

Reminded me of this recent case in the UK - if the link is removed google 'Alexander Wood, Duke of Marlborough fraud'

toldhttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/21/duke-of-marlborough-impostor-ran-up-hefty-bills-at-luxury-hotels-court-told

[noitom]

Amazing that the hotel didn't take a valid credit card. Another note that this guy appears to be qualified to teach English to Thais.

[jalansanitwong]

I am amazed a Thai could get away with that age old scam for a month. A well dressed farang , yes., a soi Somkid.....??

[lostmebike]

I think this is the same guy that used to be SAS, Navy Seal and part of Mossad.

[maidee]

so thais don't have to check in with their credit card?

[whatproblem]

And they let him out of prison with an arrest warrant pending

[steven100]

now he will get another 30 days free ....... 2 months free food & accom.

he's not so stupid after-all ........ !!

[Naroge]

Interestingly it is nowhere mentioned that the hotel asked him to pay the bill. Just accumulating the charges is not a crime as long as the hotel let him do it. But maybe the reporter just forgot to ask this critical question.

[tajtom]

Unusual to say the least

The hotel is quite sloppy and what he should have done was slip out the fire escape the goose

Just at a glance no whatch Brietling or Rolex etc... Should have set off alarm bells

None the less he should be with government he would slip straight in

[tajtom]

And his also a Thai LOL..... That alone should have sent shock waves through the walls

[AlQaholic]

I think this is the same guy that used to be SAS, Navy Seal and part of Mossad.

Like 90% of the expats in the Patpong bars.....

[AlQaholic]

Interestingly it is nowhere mentioned that the hotel asked him to pay the bill. Just accumulating the charges is not a crime as long as the hotel let him do it. But maybe the reporter just forgot to ask this critical question.

Ahem...read the first paragraph in the report.....

[KhunBENQ]

after Hotel Staff attempted to clear his bill without success.

He missed the time to escape.

[Suradit69]

Amazing that the hotel didn't take a valid credit card. Another note that this guy appears to be qualified to teach English to Thais.

"Hotel Staff attempted to clear his bill without success."

He might have presented a card at check in which they used when attempting to "clear" his bill. If you just present a card when checking in without an advanced booking, not sure they would always do more than check the expiry date and his name against some other ID.

[Darkknight666]

Interestingly it is nowhere mentioned that the hotel asked him to pay the bill. Just accumulating the charges is not a crime as long as the hotel let him do it. But maybe the reporter just forgot to ask this critical question.

Uh, are you sure you read the article? They tried to get him to pay the bill unsuccessfully and that's when they got the cops involved.

Nobody thought it a bit odd that he claimed to drive for the Sinaporean embassy yet owned his own "company" selling airplanes? Business must be rough

Edited September 23, 2015 by Darkknight666

[silent]

He is ready for Thai Parliament, actually he is ready for any parliament in the world - he passed the most important test "cheating and lying"

Next month we'll be hearing how they suddenly thought to check him for any kind of link to bombs, but he flew the coup.

[The Deerhunter]

Reminded me of this recent case in the UK - if the link is removed google 'Alexander Wood, Duke of Marlborough fraud'

toldhttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/21/duke-of-marlborough-impostor-ran-up-hefty-bills-at-luxury-hotels-court-told

Well done that judge!!! (See last line of the link above.) Once a fraudster, always a fraudster it seems. Walter Mitty springs to mind as the only kind thing I could say about this piece of redundant biomass. The immature selfish concept of demanding to reap before you sow is not exactly unknown in other cultures. Over here, most of them seem to aspire to Police, military or public service but probably only because there is only a few thousand national and local political posts available but there are 150,000 police jobs available to fill and only Buddha knows how many in the military and public service controlling sectors of the state purse. But it is a world wide problem, just more prevalent in some societies than others. And when the "Duke" eventually gets out, what vocation do we all expect him to resume? "Fraudster" did I hear you all reply??? Of course! The British courts have not heard the last of this guy (unless he goes overseas by some means immediately on release." That's a point. Next stop Pattaya????

[springheeled jack]

anyone booking into a hotel for any length of time you do what is called a status check to ensure they are who they say they are you don't run a business on hearsay or credit in this case there seems to be a lack of competence staff wise .

[The Deerhunter]

Interestingly it is nowhere mentioned that the hotel asked him to pay the bill. Just accumulating the charges is not a crime as long as the hotel let him do it. But maybe the reporter just forgot to ask this critical question.

Uh, are you sure you read the article? They tried to get him to pay the bill unsuccessfully and that's when they got the cops involved.

Nobody thought it a bit odd that he claimed to drive for the Sinaporean embassy yet owned his own "company" selling airplanes? Business must be rough

Fraudsters have great imaginations but poor memories. that is how they usually get caught or cause people to get suspicious. Probably two separate lies told to two people (or the same guy twice.) Oxygen Thief!!

[mikemac]

I think this is the same guy that used to be SAS, Navy Seal and part of Mossad.

Ha Ha !

I was talking to this fat taxi driver just yesterday (in Australia) and he said he was ex-SAS and I thought - "Sure you were, pal, you just keep telling yourself that"........................

[Nemesis7]

Inspired by " catch me if you can "

[HerbalEd]

His company that sells airplanes, they are of the remote control hobby variety ?

A man with a "Flight of Fantasy"

Yeah ... "A man with a "Flight of Fantasy" who intended to fly away, but instead has crash landed. The only people more stupid than him is the hotel management that let him run up such a large bill.

[DD13]

His company that sells airplanes, they are of the remote control hobby variety ?

A man with a "Flight of Fantasy"

Yeah ... "A man with a "Flight of Fantasy" who intended to fly away, but instead has crash landed. The only people more stupid than him is the hotel management that let him run up such a large bill.

In one of his "own planes"

[Bulldozer Dawn]

Good on him for having a crack.

Lets face it what future do you have to get ahead here if you are a workaday Thai bloke who isn't attractive enough to become a ladyboy.

[Minnehaha]

very few hotels will let you stay without giving a credit card or paying nightly. giving a credit card used to mean they would just register the details and then be prepared to charge it when 'the time comes'. they dont want to charge it for every little thing or before you know they will because you may be upset and leave. besides, it is against the law, I believe, unless you sign the bill (authorization).

So that explains why he got over extended.

this is the oldest trick in the book. and works best at the highest end hotels, or at least it used to. nowadays they all have CCTV and this together with the additional security measures everywhere makes it less viable.

On the other hand, with the huge amount of credit card theft in the world, if you have a supply of new cards and identities then this can be done much longer / with more frequency before they start looking for your image. Then it is time to leave town / country and do it again in a place like Cambodia or Laos where they are not as up to speed. Then on to Papau New Guinea, etc.

[hgma]

Why do i read this,