Jonathan Fairfield Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Well-known Turkish Luxury Car Dealer arrested by Pattaya Immigration PATTAYA:-- A 46-year-old Turkish resident of Pattaya, who is well-known as a luxury car dealer and Property Management Consultant, was arrested by Immigration on Christmas Day as he attended there to renew his visa. Mr. Targun “Sam” Yildir, who is thought to have resided in Thailand for more than 25 years, was arrested as he renewed his yearly visa at the Immigration Office off Jomtien Beach Road on Friday afternoon. Although Mr. Yildir is thought to be involved in around 5 Court cases in the Pattaya Provincial Court, in relation to financial disputes, he was detained on the strength of arrest warrant number 215/2558 dated 9th December and issued by the Phatumwan Court in Bangkok. Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/220119/well-known-turkish-luxury-car-dealer-arrested-by-pattaya-immigration/ -- Pattaya One 2015-12-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartender100 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 What yearly visa would a 46yo be on? business or marriage visa maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Arrest Warrant issued on 9th December but only got arrested when he walked into Immigration more then 2 weeks later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) What yearly visa would a 46yo be on? business or marriage visa maybe? I think he is on a Business VIsa (Non-B ) as being a "well-known as a luxury car dealer and Property Management Consultant" without a Work Permit would have put him in a lot of trouble before. Edited December 25, 2015 by MJCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 from the article "The warrant details allegations he issued a Company Cheque without having the cleared funds in his account." what's the penalty for that here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 from the article "The warrant details allegations he issued a Company Cheque without having the cleared funds in his account." what's the penalty for that here ? Jailed until cheque is cleared and then a fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Arrest Warrant issued on 9th December but only got arrested when he walked into Immigration more then 2 weeks later why go looking for him when you know he is coming to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaangNoi Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Arrest Warrant issued on 9th December but only got arrested when he walked into Immigration more then 2 weeks later why go looking for him when you know he is coming to you. For whatever reason this guy was not going to run. No idea what was keeping him here. He has been dealing with issues like this for years and I guess ran out of time/money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Arrest Warrant issued on 9th December but only got arrested when he walked into Immigration more then 2 weeks later why go looking for him when you know he is coming to you. 555 yeah that's called the easy way out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboyz1 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 from the article "The warrant details allegations he issued a Company Cheque without having the cleared funds in his account." what's the penalty for that here ? Probably has a lot to do with who you gave the bad check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Passing a bad cheque in Thailand is a jailable offense and is a police matter from the outset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 from the article "The warrant details allegations he issued a Company Cheque without having the cleared funds in his account." what's the penalty for that here ? From experience, if found guilty but no prior convictions, probations and few tens of thousands in penalty, if with prior conviction, maximum 1 year and jail, plus 50-60,000 penalty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Passing a bad cheque in Thailand is a jailable offense and is a police matter from the outset. Again from personal experience, depends very much on the details why the check was issued and for what reasons, the only time police will take as their case if the check was issued for buying goods and services, other than that, police will ask you to sue in the civil court, there're millions of dishonored check turning around every year, and if the police will have to follow each case you can imagine the work load there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regfrancis Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Twenty years behind the times if he writing cheques. The days of iffy personal cheques are luckily behind us. Like doing your accounting work in the basement with the lights off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailandstupidlife Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 He is the owner of sukhumvit import car that was closed few years ago when the officials pretended to be interested by something else but getting tea money from all the importers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippytum Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 from the article "The warrant details allegations he issued a Company Cheque without having the cleared funds in his account." what's the penalty for that here ? Jailed until cheque is cleared and then a fine... Not so ...........Writing a cheque without enough funds was changed from a criminal offense to a civil matter under Thai law some some years ago The injured party can request a warrant from the civil court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Passing a bad cheque in Thailand is a jailable offense and is a police matter from the outset. Again from personal experience, depends very much on the details why the check was issued and for what reasons, the only time police will take as their case if the check was issued for buying goods and services, other than that, police will ask you to sue in the civil court, there're millions of dishonored check turning around every year, and if the police will have to follow each case you can imagine the work load there... It would give all those policemen on inactive posts something to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 ......all indications are that he has been very successful to date..... ...success breeds contempt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterboy Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Twenty years behind the times if he writing cheques. The days of iffy personal cheques are luckily behind us. Like doing your accounting work in the basement with the lights off. Bullsh1t! Even today, some governmental departments still ONLY issue cheques/checks. I have recently received such a cheque/check. When I asked whether the money could be wired in some form, the answer was "We don't have the facilities to process wired transactions". This from one of the major world governments..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sendintheclowns Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Did I miss something? I didn't know Turkey had a luxury car industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Did I miss something? I didn't know Turkey had a luxury car industry. You missed nothing other than proving to all that your eyes are painted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I know one of the guys with a legal case against Sam. Sam sold his car on consignment and then refused to give my buddy his money. After some "persuasion" Sam agreed to write a check for the first installment of the money, and surprise, surprise, the cheque bounced. I have no idea if he was arrested on the strength of that case, but perhaps his MO is catching up with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampang2 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Twenty years behind the times if he writing cheques. The days of iffy personal cheques are luckily behind us. Like doing your accounting work in the basement with the lights off. Bullsh1t! Even today, some governmental departments still ONLY issue cheques/checks. I have recently received such a cheque/check. When I asked whether the money could be wired in some form, the answer was "We don't have the facilities to process wired transactions". This from one of the major world governments..... US I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Bullsh1t! Even today, some governmental departments still ONLY issue cheques/checks. I have recently received such a cheque/check. When I asked whether the money could be wired in some form, the answer was "We don't have the facilities to process wired transactions". This from one of the major world governments..... Yeah I get a cheque for my tax return from the government... I would not class this as a hand written personal cheque though, which is what regfrancis is talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 This guy pops up with regularity over the years and it is usually in connection with accusations of dishonest dealings. The fact he never seems to get shut down, kicked out, jailed, etc. would suggest he is very well connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokairportlink Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Hello, do you know if he is the owner of the shop on sukhumvit road pattaya ? And what happened to him ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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