Phuket, Phuket Tourist Police Dismantling the romantic chat scam gang that tricks Thai people He boldly set himself up as a cocaine dealer for foreign tourists. There was a Thai girl who withdrew the money and forwarded it to the boss in Nigeria.
At 7:00 p.m. today (8 February 2024) under the direction of Pol. Col. Phisit Sawaddithaworn, Superintendent of 2nd Battalion, TAT Headquarters, Pol. Lt. Col. Ekachai Siri, Superintendent of the TAT 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, TAT 3rd Battalion (Phuket Tourist Police), Pol. Lt. Col. Pittaya Thepmuang, Police Station 2, Royal Thai Army 3, along with others, were coordinated by Bang Phli Police Station to search for people according to the Samut Prakan Provincial Court’s arrest warrant No. 32/2567 to arrest Ms. Kan. Yathanat, Thai nationality, age 32 years, charged with conspiracy to commit fraud or posing as someone else. by corruption or deception introduced into a distorted computer system
Then the investigative team went to the area and carried a search warrant
of the Phuket Provincial Court No. 32/2567 to search a house in the village, Thepkasattri Subdistrict, Thalang District, Phuket Province. Results of the operation Three suspects were arrested: 1. Ms. Kanyathanat, Thai nationality, age 32 years; 2. Foreigner. Nigerian national, overstayed or overstayed for 1,401 days, along with 8 grams of cocaine, wrapped with black tape. It is a round ball with a size of approximately 0.5 cm., complete with a digital scale and 50 envelopes. 3.Foreigners Nigerian nationals who overstayed or overstayed 1,728 days
Pol. Lt. Col. Pittaya Thepmuang, Police Station 2, TAT 3, revealed that from the investigation, it was found that Phuket has foreigners coming from countries in the South African zone. Illegally commit a crime in the nature of a romance scam or using a Facebook page to impersonate your real identity and deceive others into transferring money Citing reasons that make those who fall for it and transfer money to in every area in Thailand And there is a network of differ
ent perpetrators, such as black people, who serve to trick people into believing As for using Thai people to open a bank account. and open the online banking application to transfer money in, and there was a Thai person (Ms. Kanyathanat) in charge of withdrawing cash and transferring it to other accounts, such as into the accounts of black people. who is the leader of the gang in Nigeria In the past, many people were fooled and lost a lot of money. Therefore, there was a strict arrest.
The accused confessed to being part of the romance scam gang. and established himself as a drug dealer Secretly selling drugs such as cocaine for foreign tourists in Phuket as an additional occupation as well The officials then detained all the suspects along with the seized items and sent them to prosecute according to law.
Source: Thai News Agency