Thai woman wanted for scamming British husband is arrested in Pattaya

[jesimps]

A fool and his money..soon part. Same old story here.

Wow! Are they going to start arresting women for running off with mens money? Ah, I've got this long list here..........

£30,000 after ten years is a result. Drop in the ocean compared to what my two exes cost me in the UK.

[jaywalker]

So many lies, just so many lies..... How can people even look in the mirror in the morning.

I doubt that's a concern for her, as every mirror she looks at breaks.

[jacko45k]

There is a lesson in this for many..... even after 10 years there is potential for her to do a runner with your hard earned utilising a few lies.

Those who believe the guy is 'yet another idiot Brit', well again, after 10 years one would develop a certain level of trust, and it may even become obligatory to set her up with financial access to be ready for any unforeseen event. That pretty young woman you hooked up with so many years ago, well one night you go to bed with her and it appears you wake up with her mother.

Do you put them in a position of trust or keep a tight rein? They are easily influenced by the sight of a lot of money or the persuasions of meaner spirited friends or family.

Invest only what you an afford to lose.. it may even liberate you.

[Shroud]

Does it really cost 1.5 million to open a bar?

[rebelplatoon]

In Pattaya?! If this one sticks half of Pattaya will be picked up soon...

[chas39]

She can't be guilty; nobody is pointing.

[kinmaew]

She looks about 50 not 39, must be the stress of not getting enough. Sending my donation now.

[Sooo Upto Me]

anyone who finds this woman attractive must be out of his mind....

Yes I've seen better things floating in the Mekong River.

[blistering blue barnacles]

But, on a more positive note, she probably did him a huge favour, long term anyway!

Saved from the inevitable chain smoking, alcoholism, depression, anxiety, stress and the possible heart attack, maybe he should throw another half mil in her direction in gratitude!

Moral of the story: Don’t buy a bar in Thailand unless you’re extremely gifted with more friends than a Facebook socialite!!!

[onemorechang]

That would need to be a complete slab of Chang Classic.

[meatboy]

anyone who finds this woman attractive must be out of his mind....

after 10singha beers who's ugly

[colinneil]

Only 1.5 million get over it.

I was conned out of more than 3 million and what did i get???

Jail thats what i got.

[blistering blue barnacles]

Only 1.5 million get over it.

I was conned out of more than 3 million and what did i get???

Jail thats what i got.

Anyone claiming they never got burned within the first 5 years is a legend in their own head!

Most of us, myself included, naturally assume the ladies here are the same as the ladies where we originally hail from. Big mistake, they’re actually a whole lot better 'when' you know what you’re doing.

Moral of the story: Learn the lingo, the culture and the rules of engagement before making your move…

[Seizetheday]

1.5 Mil for 10 years of marriage, I really don't think that's unreasonable. I lost about 12 Mil in my divorce.

[bushwacker]

Look it only took 8 police to bring the lady to justice. Who says the police are not efficient?

[onemorechang]

1.5 Mil for 10 years of marriage, I really don't think that's unreasonable. I lost about 12 Mil in my divorce.

You can only lose what you give them in the first place.

There are a few exceptions but not many.

Edited March 24, 2016 by onemorechang

[smotherb]

anyone who finds this woman attractive must be out of his mind....

Look around you at some of the women farangs have married. You might get a sore throat saying that so often.

[ScotBkk]

I don't know why this tale saddened me so much for both parties involved......

An ugly little runt too wouldn't give her the bus fare to pattaya besides trusting her with 1.5 million baht !!!!

[Ace of Pop]

She said the same ting about you

[balo]

Well, maybe the farang can afford good lawyers and bring some justice in , he needs to pay and bribe a lot of people if he want to see her suffer in jail.

[Nemesis7]

Well at least some one did stand up and filed a case. Many just let go.

[oldsailor35]

Lost husbands million bht ?? Then went to Pattaya to become a maid

[tropo]

anyone who finds this woman attractive must be out of his mind....

10 years ago with makeup and a sexy dress?

It's not like the lady had time to prepare herself before being arrested.

[hobobo]

He was the buffalo,and that wont be her first venture crafty as a bag of cats.from the looks of her.

If he was the buffalo, he definitely got sick, so the next farang would pay for the vet. And when the buffalo died (low balcony wall?), the next farang would pay even more... and so it goes...

[stoneyboy]

The bloke doesn't stand a chance there isn't a finger point in sight.

She will clearly walk away.

Edited March 30, 2016 by stoneyboy

[Jimbo53]

The bloke doesn't stand a chance there isn't a finger point in sight.

She will clearly walk away.

Only some of Pattaya's Finest behind her!!! TIT !!!!

[Rimmer]

An earlier troll post has been removed also one reply to it

[Nasrullah]

Only 1.5 million get over it.

I was conned out of more than 3 million and what did i get???

Jail thats what i got.

Anyone claiming they never got burned within the first 5 years is a legend in their own head!

Most of us, myself included, naturally assume the ladies here are the same as the ladies where we originally hail from. Big mistake, they’re actually a whole lot better 'when' you know what you’re doing.

Moral of the story: Learn the lingo, the culture and the rules of engagement before making your move…

You're my new hero

[cjb123]

...and... I'm the guy she scammed.

 

I was never married to her.

 

There were no contracts or anything, I was stupid, I thought 10 years was long enough to be able to trust someone. Clearly not!

 

She is not a great looker, granted, though she did scrub up well sometimes. But she was more of a friend (with benefits). I probably loved Thailand more than her. But she was my point of contact, my guide, for a long time. She never asked for or cheated money out of me for most of the 10 years I knew her. Groceries, yes. But nothing more.

 

She is in jail now for 10 years, in Samui. I can go and see her tomorrow if I want. The charge is "cheating" - 65 times money was transferred, 6 months for each time, is 32 years. She confessed and got 10. It seems extreme for fraud, and I even feel bad about it. I don't want her to go to jail for 10 years, I just want my money back.

 

There is a house in Udon Thani which the police are aware of, that her family are living in, and that was built not long after I gave her the money. I went to court and won a civil case which gives the lawyer power to repossess property on my behalf.

 

The lawyer is working on a no-win, no-fee basis, and stands to make 20 percent if the money is recovered. I have had to pay court costs (30,000B) but nothing else.

 

The police and lawyer have checked land records to try to find assets belonging to her but there is nothing, she has put them under another name.

 

The police arrested her to try to get her to cough up instead of going to jail, but she has denied everything and gone to jail. No-one has come to bail her.

 

I know she has at least one house that I must have inadvertently paid for, and she has boasted of having other houses before this. Some people in Samui say she was cheating another Farang before me, and she was cheating Thai people here as well.

 

When she said she was in Lamai, running "the bar", she was in Pattaya - there never was a bar. I was back in the UK, so....

 

If she wanted out of jail, she could sell her house, or one of her other houses that she said she has, but she says she has no money and so stays in jail. She's tough, maybe she can do it, even for 10 years.

 

The other thing is... when she was telling me the story about how things went wrong with "the bar" (which was a lie, there was no bar owned by her in Samui, at least), she said she stabbed someone and had to go into hiding in Chiang Mai working as a maid for someone. Some people (yes, bar girls) in Lamai told me that she stabbed and killed someone with a broken bottle in Pattaya, and had to run away to Chiang Mai. It sounds like there is some truth here, though why the police don't know about it, I don't know. Or maybe they do, and they couldn't pin it on her, but they have sent her down for 10 years for "cheating" instead.

 

I don't know. I can see her again if I want, and if she wants, presumably, but I'm not expecting anything. I have tried to put this right, and I have spent a lot more money pursuing it when I could have forgotten about it. Now, I have no money, and she is in jail for a long time. Neither of us are happy. But it was her actions that started this, and I am at least free.

 

 

[docshock13]

37 minutes ago, cjb123 said:

...and... I'm the guy she scammed.

 

I was never married to her.

 

There were no contracts or anything, I was stupid, I thought 10 years was long enough to be able to trust someone. Clearly not!

 

She is not a great looker, granted, though she did scrub up well sometimes. But she was more of a friend (with benefits). I probably loved Thailand more than her. But she was my point of contact, my guide, for a long time. She never asked for or cheated money out of me for most of the 10 years I knew her. Groceries, yes. But nothing more.

 

She is in jail now for 10 years, in Samui. I can go and see her tomorrow if I want. The charge is "cheating" - 65 times money was transferred, 6 months for each time, is 32 years. She confessed and got 10. It seems extreme for fraud, and I even feel bad about it. I don't want her to go to jail for 10 years, I just want my money back.

 

There is a house in Udon Thani which the police are aware of, that her family are living in, and that was built not long after I gave her the money. I went to court and won a civil case which gives the lawyer power to repossess property on my behalf.

 

The lawyer is working on a no-win, no-fee basis, and stands to make 20 percent if the money is recovered. I have had to pay court costs (30,000B) but nothing else.

 

The police and lawyer have checked land records to try to find assets belonging to her but there is nothing, she has put them under another name.

 

The police arrested her to try to get her to cough up instead of going to jail, but she has denied everything and gone to jail. No-one has come to bail her.

 

I know she has at least one house that I must have inadvertently paid for, and she has boasted of having other houses before this. Some people in Samui say she was cheating another Farang before me, and she was cheating Thai people here as well.

 

When she said she was in Lamai, running "the bar", she was in Pattaya - there never was a bar. I was back in the UK, so....

 

If she wanted out of jail, she could sell her house, or one of her other houses that she said she has, but she says she has no money and so stays in jail. She's tough, maybe she can do it, even for 10 years.

 

The other thing is... when she was telling me the story about how things went wrong with "the bar" (which was a lie, there was no bar owned by her in Samui, at least), she said she stabbed someone and had to go into hiding in Chiang Mai working as a maid for someone. Some people (yes, bar girls) in Lamai told me that she stabbed and killed someone with a broken bottle in Pattaya, and had to run away to Chiang Mai. It sounds like there is some truth here, though why the police don't know about it, I don't know. Or maybe they do, and they couldn't pin it on her, but they have sent her down for 10 years for "cheating" instead.

 

I don't know. I can see her again if I want, and if she wants, presumably, but I'm not expecting anything. I have tried to put this right, and I have spent a lot more money pursuing it when I could have forgotten about it. Now, I have no money, and she is in jail for a long time. Neither of us are happy. But it was her actions that started this, and I am at least free.

 

 

Sad story. If what you said about her stabbing someone is true, perhaps she is where she belongs and you can make a fresh start. Best of luck.