News Forum - Former Thai model arrested for scamming victims out of 100 million baht online

[Thaiger]

Police have arrested a former Thai model for creating an online investment scam that stole over 100 million baht from victims. According to the Bangkok Post, Wetika Jaija, 30, was arrested in the San Sai district of Chiang Mai at a residential address. Wetika was charged with obtaining loans amounting to public cheating, entering false …

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[Grumpish]

As long as there are people dumb enough to believe in 100% returns, there will be people running this kind of scam.

[Ramanathan.P]

She has 11 arrest warrants in different provinces and yet she is roaming freely in the country. Can't the system trigger her presence? I am sure that the police will have a centralized system on the crime data and arrest warrants where the entire country can clearly see through that system. Each country has this. And I wonder what happens to that central surveillance system

[palooka]

4 hours ago, Ramanathan.P said:

 the police will have a centralized system on the crime data and arrest warrants where the entire country.

Probably not as they do not talk to one another.  They all want to have their photo with the perp and be overnight heroes. TIT 

[JamesR]

12 hours ago, Grumpish said:

As long as there are people dumb enough to believe in 100% returns, there will be people running this kind of scam.

I know what you mean when people ask me to invest in one of their schemes and the stated return rate on my investment is over 49% it does raise my suspicions a little bit.  

[Skip]

LOS... land of scams

[avantgarde_a_clue]

12 hours ago, palooka said:

Probably not as they do not talk to one another.  They all want to have their photo with the perp and be overnight heroes. TIT 

Pointing!

 

[avantgarde_a_clue]

17 hours ago, Ramanathan.P said:

She has 11 arrest warrants in different provinces and yet she is roaming freely in the country. Can't the system trigger her presence? I am sure that the police will have a centralized system on the crime data and arrest warrants where the entire country can clearly see through that system. Each country has this. And I wonder what happens to that central surveillance system

Participating in a centralised scheme would reduce the ability of localised 'income streams'

[JamesR]

15 hours ago, Skip said:

LOS... land of scams

That is true but only for those with LOS.

Lots Of Stupidity, which also applies to all the other countries in the world.