News Forum - Thai couple arrested for allegedly running fake travel agency advertising trips in Krabi

[Thaiger]

A couple was arrested in Bangkok for allegedly running a fake travel agency advertising tour packages in the southern province Krabi off the Andaman coast. Reports say the couple had been doing the scam for seven years, scamming tourists out of a total of 100 million baht. Tour packages with accommodation included were advertised on Facebook for costing 2,500 baht per person. The couple would allegedly ask tourists to transfer the package fee, but not offer the trip as promised. Some who lost money to the alleged scam contacted the Consumer Protection Police. An arrest warrant was issued by Krabi […]

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[riclag]

Thats a lot of money 100 mil bht and for seven years they lived with $hit eating grins on their faces!

Hope they lose all of their worldly possessions and go to jail !

[Chatogaster]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

[...] Kaewnon was charged for intentionally causing misunderstanding.

I'm hope something went wrong during translation, because if "intentionally causing misunderstanding" is a chargeable offense then (for starters) all restaurants offering menus containing pictures are at risk.

PS: thanks for writing "charged for" instead of constantly using "allegedly", but unless some money exchanged hands I think it should be "charged with".

[Cabra]

Remind me is LOS Land of Smiles or Land of Scams ... that's a retorical question

[Fanta]

1 hour ago, riclag said:

Hope they lose all of their worldly possessions and go to jail !

That’s a given because their stuff was probably all bought with proceeds of crime. What the cops didn’t take upon arrest the Anti Money Laundering people will clean up. My question is why only 1 charge of money laundering? This is fraud, same as stealing from an ATM transaction using dodgey cards and those people get a charge for each instance of card use adding up to consecutive sentences measured in CENTURIES. 100 million/2,500= a lot. 

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

been doing the scam for seven years

 

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Some who lost money to the alleged scam contacted the Consumer Protection Police.

I wonder why it has taken so long to catch them.. ?

[harry1]

they were arrested several years go in krabi for the same scam,at the time the police said they couldnt prosecute as the customers gave them the money ? yes these scammers need to be closed down for good