Call for tougher penalties as latest online scam revealed

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- An agency that acts in the interest of people scammed online is calling for tougher penalties for people who con the public.

 

Samart Jenhaijitrawanit said that he has prepared a petition of 200,000 signatures to present to the government calling for harsher penalties, reports Sanook.

 

He wants to see the current legislation that allows for prison sentences of 3 - 5 years changed to 7 - 14 years.

 

Samart was at the Crime Suppression Division yesterday presenting details from ten claimants who want action against a Facebook scam.

 

The scam involves people putting deposits down on equipment and supplies to do embroidery at home.

 

People were promised that they would soon get their 650 baht deposit back by embroidering squares of plastic. Hopeful people saw this as a good way of boosting household income by working from home.

 

But it was just a con and the more they put in the more they would lose. 

 

There are thought to be 1,500 victims and losses in excess of 10 million baht.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-10-21

Gonna have to build bigger prisons

As has been proven many times, longer sentences are not a deterrent.

No but if in prison they can't scam the public

Edited October 21, 20169 yr by whatproblem

As has been proven many times, longer sentences are not a deterrent.

Who cares.
Keep them in prison to protect the public as long as possible.
If they get caught a second time after release put them in for longer.
Third time in for life.

Well, now, jail terms are not a deterrent, hmmm? Then, time-out in the corner; no, that would come down to how long and not be a deterrent either. Besides, it costs for too much to keep and care for them for the duration and lengthening the term simply adds to the costs. So what is the alternative; train them for a well-paid skill or profession, or would that too cost too much and have mixed results, like making then smarter for the scam?  Whack their pee-pee, brand their foreheads or, better yet, cut off their typing fingers, or some other corporal punishment; ah, yes, too barbaric and is that not a deterrent either? Oh, I have it, give them a high-paying job in government--that would certainly make them honest; oh yeah, sure. It appears the only plausible sentence would be death for any crime--for surely they would never commit any crime again.

a few years ago i met an ngo in poipet who was offering families a service in  embroidering squares of plastic.

his ngo would then sell the carpets in australia.

his motive was to help the poor children who cluster around tourists at the thai/cambodia border.

i wonder if there is any connection.

14 hours ago, natway09 said:

Gonna have to build bigger prisons

Have to legalize marijuana and speed to empty the jails.

16 hours ago, brianinbangkok said:

Who cares.
Keep them in prison to protect the public as long as possible.
If they get caught a second time after release put them in for longer.
Third time in for life.

 

Because just locking people up with no though about rehabilitation, and the three strike rule has worked so well in the past...

19 hours ago, whatproblem said:

No but if in prison they can't scam the public

 

Unless the point of locking them up is so someone can run the ultimate slave labor online scam army.  I should have been a super-villain.  

"The embroidery cartel had been smashed, Don Pablo, we need to flee"
"Wait, a stitch in nine saves time, maybe we can negotiate a truce"
"Si, Don Pablo"