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“Big Joke” ordered to expand the effect of Chinese gangs submit fake documents to withdraw 176 million

Bangkok, March 26 – “Big Joke” ordered an extension of the prosecution against all involved parties. After finding a gang of Chinese fake passports, deceiving banks, waiting to withdraw 176 million baht

From the case on March 24, the past Investigators at the Thonglor Police Station received a notification from the bank that an alien used a forged passport to request a new account book. therefore went to investigate and found that a fake travel document was used own account In which the said account has as much as 176 million baht.

In that case, Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakpal, Deputy Commissioner of Police, ordered Pol. Col. Pansa Amarapitak, Superintendent of the Thonglor Police Station, to Conduct investigations into the group in order to escalate their arrests urgently. Including checking the source of the money in the account to see that the large amount of money is owned by foreigners. How did you come to live in the Kingdom?

The behavior is that a group of 4 Thai people and 1 Cambodian claim to be the owner of the account. Bring a Cambodian travel document to contact the bank to request a new account book. in order to withdraw money from such account But it appears that the faces of the Cambodians do not match the faces of the account holders. The bank then informed the police to investigate.

Pol. Gen. Surachet said that according to the investigation, the group had made several attempts to withdraw money from the account. but could not find the documents required by the bank to submit As for the checking account, it is known that there is a balance of up to 176 million baht from gradual transfers of up to million baht into the account several times since 2018, which is expected to be money from the call center gang. In the process of further investigation. Initially, a Cambodian man was arrested and prosecuted. Charged with being an alien who escaped into the kingdom without permission

Pol. Gen. Surachet said that the money in the account was assumed to belong to the Chinese gang, who committed the crime and transferred money to the said account. before attempting to withdraw funds from the account by forging travel documents At this level, the investigative officer has been instructed to gather evidence to extend the arrest of all Thai people involved. Be aware that adult individuals are involved. and expand on how such money came to live in Thailand by coordinating with the Cambodian authorities to help examine the financial path of Cambodians Including fake passports. If anyone is found involved in such offenses Will prosecute until the end.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency