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Former YouTube star back in Thailand to face fraud charges
Online Reporters, Published on 25/10/2024
» Former YouTube celebrity Natthamon “Nutty” Khongchak and her mother arrived back in Thailand on Friday evening to face charges of swindling thousands of followers out of 2 billion baht through a foreign-exchange trading scam after they were arrested in Indonesia.
High-profile broker accused of B1bn fraud
Online Reporters, Published on 20/10/2023
» About 100 people have accused a well-known stockbroker with political connections of swindling them out of at least one billon baht through a foreign-exchange trading scam and have asked the Department of Special Investigation to investigate.
Thai, two Africans arrested for B57m rubber glove scam
Online Reporters, Published on 01/09/2020
» A Thai woman and two African men, from Cameroon and Ivory Coast, have been arrested for allegedly swindling a German businessman of 57 million baht in a rubber glove scam.
Appeal Court increases jail term for ex-Chulalongkorn academic
Online Reporters, Published on 25/08/2020
» The Appeal Court has increased the maximum jail term for a former chairman of Chulalongkorn University’s savings cooperative from 20 to 50 years for a lottery investment fraud that cost members hundreds of millions of baht.
Apartment broker held in B2.5m fraud
Online Reporters, Published on 01/06/2019
» An apartment broker has been arrested on fraud charges for allegedly swindling prospective tenants, both Thais and foreigners, and landlords out of 2.5 million baht.
15 Japanese fraudsters face extradition
Online Reporters, Published on 22/05/2019
» Fifteen Japanese nationals accused of swindling more than 200 people in their home country out of more than 70 million baht in a call-centre scam will be extradited back to Japan on Thursday, the Immigration Bureau says.
Ex-cop, two accomplices arrested in diamonds sale scam
Online Reporters, Published on 24/04/2019
» A former policeman and two alleged accomplices have been arrested in Nakhon Pathom for alleged collusion in swindling a person out of 7 million baht through a diamond sales fraud.
Ex-Chula savings co-op chair sentenced to another 60 years
Online Reporters, Published on 31/01/2019
» A former chairman of Chulalongkorn University’s savings cooperative has been sentenced to 60 years in jail for money laundering in relation to a lottery investment fraud.
Chinese woman pays bogus B110,000 'immigration fine'
Online Reporters, Published on 26/01/2019
» A Chinese woman has accused an apartment broker in Bangkok of duping her into paying a fine of 110,000 baht for an immigration offence that turned out to be bogus.
Nigerian, Thai romance scammers caught in Malaysia
Online Reporters, Published on 24/01/2019
» Fourteen people, Nigerians and Thais, wanted for swindling Thai women out of more than 100 million baht via online romance scams have been arrested during joint police raids in Malaysia.