A YOUNG doctor of engineering asked for help from Sai Mai Tong Rod (Sai Mai District Must Survive) community Facebook page after being tricked to transfer 8,465,084 baht to call centre scammers who talked to him over the phone for seven days and nights, Naewna newspaper quoted Thai Rath News Show as saying today
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Tangmo Nida mum’s ex-legal adviser held for swindling MP candidate
ARRESTED today (March 1) on charges of swindling a party-list MP candidate out 20 million baht before last May election was the former legal adviser of Mrs. Panida Siriyuttayothin, the mother of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, who drowned in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February 2022, Amarin TV
Read moreFormer ministers, senior officials face charges of defrauding Thai berry pickers
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has decided to file charges against two former ministers and two senior Labour Ministry officials over human trafficking Thais who had gone to work in Finland as wild berry pickers and being linked to the wrongful collection of 3,000 baht from each of them to do so for
Read moreWoman fuming at getting an old engine in a new pickup she bought in cash
A YOUNG woman asked the Rayong Photographers and Media Club for help after finding out that a pickup truck she bought in cash two years ago was in fact fitted with an old engine and chassis, Matichon newspaper said today (Feb. 19). Ms Jindarat (surname withheld), 26, asked the media for justice because no
Read moreDutchman petitions ministry over alleged swindle by female civil servant
A DUTCHMAN who claimed a female civil servant based in Sakon Nakon swindled him out of almost 4 million baht went to the Interior Ministry to file a petition asking for an ethical investigation of this official today (Jan. 30), TV Channel 7 said. Accompanied by Thai businessman Mr. Kanthas Phongphaiboonvej, or Gun Chom
Read more2m baht reward for helping trace YouTuber accused of swindle
VICTIMS of a stock Ponzi scheme have raised 2 million baht reward for anyone giving clues to the whereabouts of a popular Youtuber who has disappeared after allegedly swindling them out of over 2 billion baht in investment, Naewna newspaper said. The YouTuber, Ms. “Natty” Natthamon Kongchak, who was previously a singer who debuted
Read moreConwoman nabbed after gambling away swindled gold
A THAI woman who swindled a gold shop in Rayong province out of 20 baht weight gold ornaments worth 570,000 baht which was then sold and the cash used to gamble at casinos in a neighbouring country was arrested after slipping back to Thailand via a natural route last evening, Amarin TV reported this afternoon
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