News Forum - Thai woman arrested for forging New Zealand ambassador’s credit card 14 years ago

[Thaiger]

After 14 years on the run, a woman was arrested in Sing Buri province in central Thailand yesterday for her alleged role in the forging of the New Zealand ambassador to Thailand’s credit card in 2008, with damages exceeding 10 million baht. Police arrested 44 year old Ketkanya Khantawee at a house in Moo 10, …

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[Ramanathan.P]

Any abnormal use of credit cards will be triggered to the owner immediately. And all the transactions can be put on hold immediately and the card cancelled. I wonder why that never happen in this case? Something is really missing here. Every transaction that the credit card owner uses is monitored and any abnormal usage is immediately triggered in the credit card system and the owner of the card will be notified immediately by the credit card company or bank. 

[Grumpish]

34 minutes ago, Ramanathan.P said:

Any abnormal use of credit cards will be triggered to the owner immediately. And all the transactions can be put on hold immediately and the card cancelled. I wonder why that never happen in this case? Something is really missing here. Every transaction that the credit card owner uses is monitored and any abnormal usage is immediately triggered in the credit card system and the owner of the card will be notified immediately by the credit card company or bank. 

Yes, the banks monitor card usage these days, but it didn't happen so much 14 years back when this happened.