News Forum - Frenchman arrested for allegedly scamming expats in Pattaya out of millions of baht

[Thaiger]

A Frenchman is facing fraud charges for allegedly scamming expats in Pattaya out of millions of baht by claiming he had connections with several Thai authorities and promising help with obtaining visas, opening businesses, and buying motorbikes and cars. Reports say he scammed expats out of a total of 6.3 million baht. 58 year old Herve Christian Robert Leonard from Compiegne was arrested in Prachuap Khiri Khan. According to police reports, another man, Romain Jules Robert Leonard (it’s unclear if the suspects are related), is also facing fraud charges for involvement in the alleged scams. One victim, an orthopaedic doctor […]

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[LoongFred]

13 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

A Frenchman is facing fraud charges for allegedly scamming expats in Pattaya out of millions of baht by claiming he had connections with several Thai authorities and promising help with obtaining visas, opening businesses, and buying motorbikes and cars. Reports say he scammed expats out of a total of 6.3 million baht. 58 year old Herve Christian Robert Leonard from Compiegne was arrested in Prachuap Khiri Khan. According to police reports, another man, Romain Jules Robert Leonard (it’s unclear if the suspects are related), is also facing fraud charges for involvement in the alleged scams. One victim, an orthopaedic doctor […]

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Shame on them, but shame on those who want deals through the back door.

[Stonker]

17 minutes ago, LoongFred said:

Shame on them, but shame on those who want deals through the back door.

Yes ... those who paid him were paying him to arrange something they knew was illegal ... not too much sympathy there  .

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

He reportedly denied the accusations.

What a surprise!

[JackMeOff]

 

It is smart to charge him with immigration overstay before moving to charge him for the crimes with the 7 different victims.  In that manner they can fully coordinate with the victims who are probably in different areas of Thailand and possibly one or more victims may now be out of the country.

This also will give them more time to get full confessions from the suspect in return for promise to decrease incarceration time when he will be sentenced.

Any foreigner who is stupid enough to do a crime while an ex pat is even more stupid to do it in Thailand. 

Hit up YouTube videos for "foreigners in Thai prisons" if you not believe. 

This fat obese French idiot serial criminal will shed probably 30+ kilos along with his life in Thai prison.

Justice well served.

 

[23RD]

I'm more interested in seeing the pictures of the Magnificent 7 (Muppets) who were scammed by this clown?.

 

[Noble_Design]

3 hours ago, JackMeOff said:

It is smart to charge him with immigration overstay before moving to charge him for the crimes with the 7 different victims.  In that manner they can fully coordinate with the victims who are probably in different areas of Thailand and possibly one or more victims may now be out of the country.

This also will give them more time to get full confessions from the suspect in return for promise to decrease incarceration time when he will be sentenced.

Any foreigner who is stupid enough to do a crime while an ex pat is even more stupid to do it in Thailand. 

Hit up YouTube videos for "foreigners in Thai prisons" if you not believe. 

This fat obese French idiot serial criminal will shed probably 30+ kilos along with his life in Thai prison.

Justice well served.

Plot twist: Maybe he has tried everything he can to shed weight - diet, exercise etc but none of them works and after watching youtube videos of foreigners in Thai prisons losing weight he figured his best chance would be to end up in prison himself.