News Forum - Car-theft scam bags 500th victim in central Thailand

[Thaiger]

Nonthaburi police have seized 70 vehicles involved in car-theft scam by gang that preyed on penniless car owners. Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej said Friday that police had found 70 vehicles at a car park in Nonthaburi province. The success came when a carpark attendant told police that some of …

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[Donald]

Car theft ? Did the car owners involved got the loan for which their vehicle served as a collateral ? Did they repay the loan as agreed ? I certainly have no sympathy for loan sharking, but the headlines of this article read car theft scam and not illegal lending cartel got busted.

[Soidog]

4 hours ago, Donald said:

Car theft ? Did the car owners involved got the loan for which their vehicle served as a collateral ? Did they repay the loan as agreed ? I certainly have no sympathy for loan sharking, but the headlines of this article read car theft scam and not illegal lending cartel got busted.

Yes, and why use a stock photo of someone breaking in to a car in what looks like Liverpool (no offence to the Scousers)