Counterfeit US dollar gang arrested in Bangkok

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

BANGKOK: -- Five suspects including a Cameroonian national were arrested in Bangkok yesterday after a month long investigation to capture a gang printing fake US banknotes.

 

The arrests followed work by the crime suppression division who struck a clandestine deal with the gang in November to buy 10,000 100 dollar bills, reports Thai News Agency.

 

Yesterday they arrested a Thai woman in Bangkapi in the car park of a shopping mall. She had a sample of the order hidden in a whisky carton.

 

Three others were arrested at nearby Town in Town. The suspected ringleader Natchapatraphong Yaempradit was arrested at a hotel car park in the Town in Town area off Lat Prao. He had a quantity of fake bills.

 

In total police took into evidence fake currency worth 5 million baht.

 

Source: Thai News Agency

 

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You just knew there was going to be at least one West African involved.

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

You just knew there was going to be at least one West African involved.

 

"But they are just normal tourists, here for the sun and the temples"

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

You just knew there was going to be at least one West African involved.

 

What are you saying? African nationals are the finest tourist quality any country

in the world would die for, they're the cram de la cram, upstanding, honest

and righteous people, I hope you will retract your statement sir...

"In total police took into evidence fake currency worth 5 million baht."

 

Surely fake currency is worth nothing.

2 hours ago, Pdaz said:

 

"But they are just normal tourists, here for the sun and the temples"

... and to supply he ink... 

2 hours ago, lujanit said:

"In total police took into evidence fake currency worth 5 million baht."

 

Surely fake currency is worth nothing.

It is when it's passed on.  Luckily now it's in the hands of the police this can't happen.  Can it?

 
What are you saying? African nationals are the finest tourist quality any country
in the world would die for, they're the cram de la cram, upstanding, honest
and righteous people, I hope you will retract your statement sir...

Maybe they were Fake Africans!!!


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Ho hum, nothing here until they out the printing company that will surface again if not destroyed.

Oh my Buddha....no wonder the exchange rate was so good the other day in the parking lot....those clever Africans.....lol...??

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

What are you saying? African nationals are the finest tourist quality any country

in the world would die for, they're the cram de la cram, upstanding, honest

and righteous people, I hope you will retract your statement sir...

apart from west africans scamming on email , this is just a sideline , i met 2 people from west africa in north thailand they tried the old ink evaporating bank note trick , i went to a room with them as they said do you want to make 1 million us dollars , they brought out a note that did not look like a bank note they put this suppose magic ink on it and it changed into a 5 us dollar note , i said thats fantastic they said we have 200,000 of these in a safe in bangkok i said ok they said we just want 100,000 us dollars for them , i said sounds ok but first i want to test the $5 note out in a bar to see if it is taken as genuine and will get back to you tomorrow , they said ok and gave me the $5 note i went out in the bar that night 20 years ago and had a great night spending the $5 as it was worth alot more then the next day i never went back to see them and went sunbathing instead it made a change SCAMMING THE SCAMMERS !!

From what I can recall...Laos money is very very easy to counterfeit...no real security measures, only colored ink...

7 hours ago, Pdaz said:

 

"But they are just normal tourists, here for the sun and the temples"

They wanted to go first class. 

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

You just knew there was going to be at least one West African involved.

 

Sure. Especially since Cameroon is CENTRAL Africa...

6 hours ago, lujanit said:

"In total police took into evidence fake currency worth 5 million baht."

 

Surely fake currency is worth nothing.

Its worth something if you find someone dumb enough to take it. If they had found a monopoly board the gang could just claim that they had the platinum version of the game with real looking fake money case closed. 

29 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

 

Sure. Especially since Cameroon is CENTRAL Africa...

Kind of stupid travel a long distance only to get caught scamming someone here as it is well known we have one of the smartest police forces on the planet. The food in Thai jails must be better than the African jails I guess. 

56 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

 

Sure. Especially since Cameroon is CENTRAL Africa...

 

Disagree. It is on the West African coast, maybe West Central Africa would be a better description, but West is West.

10 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

You just knew there was going to be at least one West African involved.

Is that part of the school curriculum in western sub-Saharan Africa? Scams and counterfeiting? 

If they taught them programming they'd all be rich. 

9 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

What are you saying? African nationals are the finest tourist quality any country

in the world would die for, they're the cram de la cram, upstanding, honest

and righteous people, I hope you will retract your statement sir...

 

 They're the phlegm de la phlegm of coughed-up vomit staining the human race.

7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Disagree. It is on the West African coast, maybe West Central Africa would be a better description, but West is West.

 

disagree... as much as u want, it's NOT west africa. and before you start giving me the typical TVF cr@p i have lived in WEST africa for 17 years and cameroon is NOT considered west africa, nor by west africans nor by the the public opinion. of course you can disagree and claim that Spain is east AMERICA which would be a typical TVF argument. or even better, claim that antarctica is south-africa................................................................

ps. it's NOT even part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Football_Union#Current_members

8 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

Its worth something if you find someone dumb enough to take it. If they had found a monopoly board the gang could just claim that they had the platinum version of the game with real looking fake money case closed. 

I know people who have got a counterfeit bill from the bank in the US before, and then it was detected with a marker pen at a store. The bank just says to bad for you.

5 hours ago, tubby johnson said:

 

 They're the phlegm de la phlegm of coughed-up vomit staining the human race.

a bit like your average non-thai pattaya dweller but then in black u mean? if yes: i agree in full!

1 minute ago, Grubster said:

I know people who have got a counterfeit bill from the bank in the US before, and then it was detected with a marker pen at a store. The bank just says to bad for you.

 

i have a biz in europe and counterfeit bills are not only BAD FOR ME, they are confiscated by the bank lol without compensation. note to self: spend money as much as u can ;-)

1 minute ago, Mook23 said:

 

i have a biz in europe and counterfeit bills are not only BAD FOR ME, they are confiscated by the bank lol without compensation. note to self: spend money as much as u can ;-)

Yes same in the US, and if the bank takes one by mistake they pass it on. 

8 minutes ago, Grubster said:

Yes same in the US, and if the bank takes one by mistake they pass it on. 

555. i don't know about that but i do know that when i put let's say 1000€ in the deposit box and one is fake i only get 950€ on my account

8 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

555. i don't know about that but i do know that when i put let's say 1000€ in the deposit box and one is fake i only get 950€ on my account

They should at least give you the bill back with part of it cut off so they can't give it to some other poor sap. Bank is a four letter word isn't it.

37 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

 

disagree... as much as u want, it's NOT west africa. and before you start giving me the typical TVF cr@p i have lived in WEST africa for 17 years and cameroon is NOT considered west africa, nor by west africans nor by the the public opinion. of course you can disagree and claim that Spain is east AMERICA which would be a typical TVF argument. or even better, claim that antarctica is south-africa................................................................

ps. it's NOT even part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Football_Union#Current_members

 

I worked for a company called C'F'A'O. for many years, (Compagnie Francais de l' Afrique Occidentale) the leading exporter to WEST Africa, hence the word Occidentale.

After Nigeria, Cameroun was the biggest importer from them.

Google it, it is your friend.

 

1 hour ago, Mook23 said:

 

i have a biz in europe and counterfeit bills are not only BAD FOR ME, they are confiscated by the bank lol without compensation. note to self: spend money as much as u can ;-)

Thats a good little consumer. I know your quoting Europe but here is a stat from the US  Savings fell to $780.9 billion, the lowest level since May 2015, from $809.1 billion in October. Sooo some are enjoying themselves as they know its later than others think. 

yikes we  have some interesting characters...  I recall one artist who tried to pass of U.S. notes

 all looked good except for the Ministry of Treasury.... 55555

11 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

Disagree. It is on the West African coast, maybe West Central Africa would be a better description, but West is West.

Negative, i am right next door and am in Central; Africa, and we use CFA Central Franc Afrique Central, not Central Franc Afrique Ouest    -   egoogle should be your best friend before foot in mouth tactics.