News Forum - Thai woman nabbed for alleged 47 million baht face mask fraud

[Thaiger]

A Thai woman has been arrested, accused of running a face mask scam that defrauded an American company out of 47 million baht. The woman stands accused of fraud under false pretences and using false documents. The United States-based company ABA USB Corp file the complaint against the woman, alleging they had entered into an agreement to purchase 1.3 million face masks at a price of just over 47 million baht. That cost works out to about 36 baht per mask. The deal was said to have been made between March and May of 2020 and the company said in their […]

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[Lowseasonlover]

Was she wearing a mask at the time?

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

2 minutes ago, Lowseasonlover said:

Was she wearing a mask at the time?

She wore a "Mr Franklin" mask.

[Griff1315]

She surely deserves a government posting with a deceptive mind like that she could be the next PM..

[gazmo16]

No no no they misunderstood  , she is working to Thai time and they will be sent soon. 

Bit like the vaccines the govt buys that will also arrive soon.... maybe 

Edited October 7, 2021 by gazmo16
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[riclag]

Lack of expertise  by the purchasing agent ! 
There is So much info  missing in this story.

How many years has this distributor in Thailand, been in business.

How  did the Thai entity’s market the masks,Facebook,ebay !

The USA source didn’t use due diligence 

[HiuMak]

Smart woman vs a company that lacks common sense/controls.

 

[gummy]

1 hour ago, riclag said:

Lack of expertise  by the purchasing agent ! 
There is So much info  missing in this story.

How many years has this distributor in Thailand, been in business.

How  did the Thai entity’s market the masks,Facebook,ebay !

The USA source didn’t use due diligence 

So you are saying the lady has no case to answer and the 47 million baht is hers to rightly keep due to the incompetence of the American company ?

[Poolie]

8 minutes ago, gummy said:

So you are saying the lady has no case to answer and the 47 million baht is hers to rightly keep due to the incompetence of the American company ?

Sounds fair to me.

[riclag]

1 hour ago, gummy said:

So you are saying the lady has no case to answer and the 47 million baht is hers to rightly keep due to the incompetence of the American company ?

No I didn't say anything about "no Case" ,you did . There's not much info, not many  weeds to sift through in this report, to make a clear cut case in determining contractual facts ! 

Working as a businessman before makes me very suspicious of who my Purchasing agent is  dealing with when it comes to large purchases, that being said many companies have contingencies, Depending on department structure and expense caps! Need more details especially in past dealings with the Thai dealer.

Like I said there is very little to go on here

[Stonker]

5 hours ago, gummy said:

So you are saying the lady has no case to answer and the 47 million baht is hers to rightly keep due to the incompetence of the American company ?

I wouldn't go that far, but paying one and a half million dollars, in full, in advance, goes way beyond mere "incompetence".

[Bob20]

This is something that has happened in just about every country with purchasing power at the start of the pandemic.

On the one hand you had governments limiting exports and buying up anything they thought they'd need at inflated prices, worried they'd miss out at a later stage. On the other hand you had businesses trying to sell at inflated prices or getting their hands on additional stock to make a quick buck. There are hundreds of courtcases now the dust has settled. And there are countless warehouses and containers full with substandard PPE stuff to be destroyed after the courtcases. 

Or maybe some countries would buy substandard stuff? They wouldn't, would they?  

[Griff1315]

ATK's going cheap anyone interested...

[Bob20]

1 minute ago, Griff1315 said:

ATK's going cheap anyone interested...

Are those the ones that come with a ruler and a blue pen?

[Griff1315]

Just now, Bob20 said:

Are those the ones that come with a ruler and a blue pen?

Only 70 baht each quality product guaranteed to give some kind of result. Think of the profit margin 

Thais 200 baht

Foreigners 500 baht 

And you already know it's not discriminatory.