News Forum - Thai woman faces charges over fake job posts for masseuse positions in Japan

[Thaiger]

A woman in Thailand’s Isaan region is being accused of posing as a job broker by using Facebook to make fake recruitment posts for masseuse positions in Japan. According to the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division, 37 year old Pawinee Yomseedum was arrested and charged with fraud at her house after using to advertise the recruitment service on social media and ask a 5,900 baht service fee from each victim to get them a job in Japan. Chief of the ATPD Sub-Division 2 Pol Col Patthanapong Sripinproh said many others sent money to her bank account, which she eventually closed, cutting […]

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[palooka]

Pawinee denied the charges and said she had returned the money to the police.

Who probably have spent it already.

Mind boggles how you can deny the charges, yet admit to returning the money to police.

[Donald]

Disgusting practice. Abusing vulnerable people's trust. It's not a new practice, but one that doesn't seem to  get the punishment it deserves. I personally know a lot of people that had paid an intermediary and arrived in a country without the job or conditions they where promised, putting them in a precarious situation. What makes it so much worse is the fact that it is their own people doing it. Those that should know first hand the misery they are causing.

[Rain]

1 hour ago, Donald said:

Disgusting practice. Abusing vulnerable people's trust. It's not a new practice, but one that doesn't seem to  get the punishment it deserves. I personally know a lot of people that had paid an intermediary and arrived in a country without the job or conditions they where promised, putting them in a precarious situation. What makes it so much worse is the fact that it is their own people doing it. Those that should know first hand the misery they are causing.

Immoral, perhaps - but criminal?

[HiuMak]

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