Police claim that suspect allegedly lied to be a well-known legislator to defraud a person out of B22 million.
PUBLISHED: 10 Jan 2025 at 20: 37
In Phuket, a former prisoner was detained after claiming to be a well-known politician to trick a person into making a fictitious cryptocurrency investment that resulted in 22 million bass losses.
A man named only as Pratya, 36, was detained by police from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB ) at a home in the Muang district on suspicion of providing false information to a computer system.
A 62-year-old woman who runs a store selling office supplies and equipment in Pathum Thani filed a complaint leading to the imprisonment. She claimed that one of the group members who claimed to be a well-known politician had persuaded her to make an investment in crypto trading and that she had lost 22 million baht.
Mr. Pratya was charged with opening animal bank accounts for a call-center con group to deposit their illegal gains following the CCIB investigation.
Mr. Pratya claimed during questioning that he had been released from jail in 2023 for another infraction and that he was having trouble finding employment. An acquaintance afterwards reached out to him with the idea to set up animal accounts for a gambling website. He was paid 800 ringgit for each of his seven transactions.
According to police, two of the Pathum Thai Provincial Court and Thon Buri Criminal Court’s excellent fraud permits were discovered after a criminal record check.