"New Sim Card Gang" arrested in Ayutthaya

 

Image: Sanook

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- The "New Sim card gang" responsible for the theft of almost one million baht from a Bangkok man have been rounded up.

 

The ringleader admitted they had stolen money on nine previous occasions.

 

The gang - comprising six members - managed to get a new sim card from True and steal 986,700 baht through the Kasikorn bank online application from Phansuthee Meeleukit, a car detailer who sold merchandise on Facebook, reported Sanook.

 

The case caused much public comment with the victim at one point doing a sit down protest at National Police HQ after getting little joy from the corporations. Eventually Kasikorn decided to pay him the money.

 

True offered him a phone and a free year of calls.

 

The ringleader Ekaphot Ratanakorn, 29 and two accomplices, Patnarasaphong Kanson, 33, and Surikrai Anumart, 30 were paraded for the press yesterday by Ayuthaya police. The other three gang members are 17 and 18 year olds.

 

Ekaphot arranged for a new sim card to be issued using fake documents.

 

The sim matched one owned by the victim and Ekaphot subsequently manipulated the bank's app that helped the gang. 

 

The other gang members extracted money from the victim's account at ATMs and bank counters while the youths received a 200,000 baht share of the loot for forging documents used in the scam.

 

They were all charged with theft and forgery. They admitted the crime and said that they had stolen money nine times before.

 

The victim Phansuthee presented police with a bouquet of flowers thanking them for their help in the case.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-08-26

"Ekaphot arranged for a new sim card to be issued using fake documents." This is referring to True issuing a replacement sim.

 

If you're with AIS you don't even need any proof.

I had a second mobile PAYG number for about ten years, which I registered in my name when I bought it. After a couple of years, I gave it to my wife to use. I suggested years later that she put it in her name and change it to a monthly account.

We went into the local Telewiz shop together, my wife with her ID, and requested the change. The staff checked on their system and mentioned it belonged to someone else, at which point my wife pointed to me.
The staff member just said OK, and proceeded to change the registration details without asking for some ID from me, or even talking to me about agreeing to the change.

It didn't matter to me as I knew what was happening, but that's obviously not the point.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

New Sim Card Gang" arrested in Ayutthaya

At first thought that members of the NBTC had been arrested.

But thank the RTP for the arrests.

 

is TRUE negligent in this case and hence responsible for the fraud.

"The case caused much public comment with the victim at one point doing a sit down protest at National Police HQ after getting little joy from the corporations."

 

Perhaps they should set aside a protest area in front of all the police stations.

A street vendor could sell signs.

 

"Do your job"

"How much money do you want?"

 

Or course a fire was set under the cops by True and the banks.

8 minutes ago, sahibji said:

is TRUE negligent in this case and hence responsible for the fraud.

That's not True. The fraudsters are responsible for the fraud. Tighter security was the responsibility of the banks and SIM providers.