Russian fugitive arrested in Phuket for role in multi-million-baht ESP fraud case

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Russian fugitive arrested for role in multi-million-baht ESP fraud case
Phuket Gazette


Mr Gasanguseynov allegedly misappropriated money from people wishing to obtain parapsychological and extrasensory services. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- Immigration scooped up a Russian fugitive in Phuket who was wanted by Interpol in a more than 62-million-baht clairvoyance fraud case.

Eldar Gasanguseynov, 29, was charged in Russia for ‘extremely large-scale misappropriation by fraud committed by the [sic] organized criminal group’.

Working within an organized criminal group, Mr Gasanguseynov allegedly misappropriated money from people wishing to obtain parapsychological and extrasensory perception (ESP) services.

Mr Gasanguseynov is wanted for fraudulent activities committed between October 18, 2010 and September 14, 2012, operating under the names of the following companies: Centre of Development; QuadroMed; AltraMed; AlphaMed; Biolife; and International Academy of Clairvoyance.

Russia had cancelled Mr Gasanguseynov’s passport and his permit to stay in Thailand had expired, Phuket Immigration Office Chief Sunchai Chokkajaykij explained at a press conference today.

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Russian-fugitive-arrested-role-multimillionbaht-ESP-fraud/62281?desktopversion


-- Phuket Gazette 2015-11-05

[arfurcrown]

Looks like his talents and contacts were none too successful or friendly in the medium of activities he was practicing..

[bander]

Hiding his hand coves with a towel, does that mean: look at me, i'm not a criminal, we are just three friends on the way to the interrogation room to have a friendly chat.

Lock up this scam artist and throw away the key.

Edited November 5, 2015 by bander

[AlQaholic]

Come on, If anyone is stupid enough to pay millions for those services, they deserve to lose their money. This guy must be really good to convince people of is "skills".

Edited November 5, 2015 by AlQaholic

[epicstuff]

He should have seen that coming!!!

[ezzra]

Well, let him try his ESP scam on the cops, Thai people known to be very superstitious anyway..

and maybe he can a baht there as well....

[bangarang]

[Hayduke]

If she was any good she'd call me.

[steelepulse]

He certainly picked the right marks to bamboozle.

[Taffyfromflint]

It amazes me how reliant Thai people are of "superstition" e.g. spending stacks on "lucky number" sim cards, changing car number plates because the numbers aren't lucky. This is just another expamle of a worm convincing Thais that he can foretell the further and supposedly bring luck and good fortune.

I guess not unlike "faring" around the globe heaping money on dating sites only to find their "love is lost" along with their savings.

Dump him in the sewer I say.

[1FinickyOne]

Miss Cleo is good enough to know that if she called you, you would not want to pay for her services - thats why she doesn't call...

[jabis]

I bet he didn't see this coming

[NCC1701A]

these three look like they are on their way to the gay pride parade.

[The Big Mango]

It amazes me how reliant Thai people are of "superstition" e.g. spending stacks on "lucky number" sim cards, changing car number plates because the numbers aren't lucky. This is just another expamle of a worm convincing Thais that he can foretell the further and supposedly bring luck and good fortune.

I guess not unlike "faring" around the globe heaping money on dating sites only to find their "love is lost" along with their savings.

Dump him in the sewer I say.

He scammed Russians not Thais

[HOOD Robin]

Come on, If anyone is stupid enough to pay millions for those services, they deserve to lose their money. This guy must be really good to convince people of is "skills".

Lol.... reminds me on some Thai gals who spend MILLIONS for some (black) sweettalk on the internet..

How GREEDY (and stupid) can some people be eeh !? They also deserve to lose their bahts...

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Russian fugitive arrested in Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub


Eldar Gassanguseynov was arrested in the car park of Nai Harn Gym in Rawai.

PHUKET: -- A Russian fugitive who was wanted in his home country for fraud and extortion relating to demands for “protection fees” from his countrymen amounting over B60 million has been arrested by Phuket Immigration police in front of a gym in Nai Harn.

The announcement of the arrest of 29-year-old Eldar Gassanguseynov came at a press conference held yesterday (Nov 4).

At the press conference, Phuket Immigration Chief Col Sanchai Chokkhayaikit said that Eldar was wanted on an Interpol Red Notice, or international wanted persons alert, for fraud. It is alleged he was part of an organised criminal group which demanded “protection fees” from people in Russia.

Col Sanchai said, “Officers spotted him in a the car park of Nai Harn Gym on Wiset Rd in Rawai. When asked by police, Eldar confirmed that he is the wanted man so they took him to the immigration office.”

During questioning, police learned that Eldar had first entered Thailand in 2014. However, he said that he had moved between Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Thailand with relatives since that time.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/russian-fugitive-arrested-in-phuket-54820.php


-- Phuket News 2015-11-05

[nikmar]

Hopeless pointing skills from the guy in the grey shirt!! It was so bad the policeman had to turn his face away.

[lee b]

Hopeless pointing skills from the guy in the grey shirt!! It was so bad the policeman had to turn his face away.

Looks to me like he's waiting to except an envolope of some kind lol.

[HerbalEd]

He didn't see this coming?

[amerasianex]

Hiding his hand coves with a towel, does that mean: look at me, i'm not a criminal, we are just three friends on the way to the interrogation room to have a friendly chat.

Lock up this scam artist and throw away the key.

I think people who seek out this type of super human powers and bielieve in ESP medicines. Have t bear some of the responsibility of being stupid....

[louse1953]

It amazes me how reliant Thai people are of "superstition" e.g. spending stacks on "lucky number" sim cards, changing car number plates because the numbers aren't lucky. This is just another expamle of a worm convincing Thais that he can foretell the further and supposedly bring luck and good fortune.

I guess not unlike "faring" around the globe heaping money on dating sites only to find their "love is lost" along with their savings.

Dump him in the sewer I say.

Doh,he duped farings in his own country,Russia.Do you actually think Thais would go to a faring to predict their lottery numbers.

[from the home of CC]

Ah, the haze is clearing....... It's starting to come into view.... I see.. I see a gulag!!!!

[godden]

perhaps he wll see a way out of the jam he's in.

[oxo1947]

What do you call a Thai clairvoyant?

Miss Dick.....................................

[Suradit69]

Come on, If anyone is stupid enough to pay millions for those services, they deserve to lose their money. This guy must be really good to convince people of is "skills".

"Come on, If anyone is stupid enough to pay millions for those services ..."

Maybe that's why he came here. If he read all the posts on TV by or about those farang who lost their money when they were easily outwitted and convinced they had found "true love" in paradise, he probably thought this would be the mother lode for gullible targets.

Edited November 5, 2015 by Suradit69

[Ulic]

First I read it was a protection racket not I read it was an ESP scam. They have taro card reading

phone scams in the USA. Not against the law there. I am left scratching my head. Maybe

something lost in translation.