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Kaew Suanluang arrested for deceiving investors into buying lottery quotas

Bangkok, Metropolitan Police detectives arrested "Kaew Suan Luang", the suspect on four arrest warrants for deceiving investors into buying lottery quotas, causing damages of more than 15 million baht. The online patrol unit of the Public Health Office received a complaint through the page "IDMB Metropolitan Police Detective" to help investigate and arrest "Kaew Suan Luang," a former nursing assistant. Fake and persuade people to invest in buying lottery quotas. At a price of 42,500 baht per box (1 lottery box has 500 tickets) with a profit of 2,000 baht per box, causing more than 15 million baht in damage. On May 16, 2024, police officers from Operation No. 5, news analysis unit and special equipment, S.S.B.C.N., jointly investigated and arrested Ms. Kaewlin, age 44, the accused according to an arrest warrant. Phra Khanong Criminal Court No. Jor. 136/2023, dated March 10, 2023, which must be found to have committed an offense of "fraud" by being arrested inside an electric car retail store. Inside Lan Mua ng Market, Village No. 6, San Sai Subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province The circumstance is that Ms. Kaewalin or Kaew has the behavior of persuading and deceiving people into investing in buying lottery quotas. At a price of 42,500 baht per box (1 lottery box has 500 tickets) with a profit of 2,000 baht per box. The informant is interested in investing with Ms. Kaewlin or Kaew, totaling 3,711,630 baht. Later, the informant did not receive dividends as agreed. and tried to request a refund from Ms. Kaewlin or Kaew, but was evasive and refused to return the money until unable to contact Ms. Kaewlin or Kaew again, so he believed that he had been deceived. Therefore, he traveled to file a complaint with the investigating officer for legal action. Later, the Phra Khanong Criminal Court considered and approved an arrest warrant to trace and arrest the person to be prosecuted according to law. According to the Phra Khanong Criminal Court's arrest warrant No. 136/2566, dated March 10, 2023, wh ich must be found to have committed the crime of "fraud" but there is still no police unit able to track down and arrest the said suspect to prosecute according to law. The victim then came to report on the "IDMB Metropolitan Police Detective" page in the hope that the Metropolitan Police Investigation Police would help track down and arrest the wanted person who is still on the run and bring them to justice. due to having suffered greatly And it is believed that there are many other people who were tricked by this criminal into investing and received millions of baht in damages, just like themselves. From an online investigation of police officers on patrol. The News Analysis and Special Tools Committee of the Public Health Office has learned that at present the perpetrator of the incident has 4 arrest warrants that he is wanted for prosecution. Pol. Maj. Gen. Teeradej Thammasutee, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police, upon seeing the suffering of the people from the reports of his subordinates. The refore, he ordered Pol. Col. Worapoj Rungkrajang, deputy commander of the Royal Thai Police, to expedite Pol. Col. Chakrawut Klainil, superintendent of news analysis and special equipment at the Royal Thai Police. The Police Crime Suppression Division has urged them to investigate and quickly arrest the criminals and bring them to justice as quickly as possible. At the time of her arrest, Ms. Kaewlin confessed to all the charges. Specified around 2019-2020 after having experience from receiving lottery quota rights and selling lotteries. He saw a way to create additional profits from this career. Therefore, contact to buy lottery quota rights from people who have rights but do not sell lottery tickets. So that he can resell it to interested parties for a profit. Until more than 10 acquaintances contacted us to invest together, each investing approximately 3 million to 5 million each. In the beginning, when the lottery prices were not very expensive, this business generated good profits for them. Later, arou nd the year 2020, when the COVID situation was severe. Makes lottery tickets unable to be sold In addition, lottery prices fluctuate and are not constant. But he still has to bear the burden of returning profits to co-investors in the same amount every installment as agreed upon. Therefore, additional funds were brought in from those interested in investing. Used to pay back profits to co-investors first to make it through instalments. Until finally being unable to earn profits to pay to co-investors. You have to borrow money outside the system to turn it into a profit for your co-investors. But in the end he couldn't make it, so he fled before he was finally arrested. The police then took Ms. Kaewlin, the accused according to the arrest warrant. Transported to investigators at Khlong Tan Police Station for legal action Source: Thai News Agency