Rayong: Central Investigation Bureau police arrest illegal E-Money company network, find over a billion baht in circulation
The Central Investigation Police arrested Ms. Prapaphan, 33, a suspect with an arrest warrant from the Phetchaburi Provincial Court, at her employee room in Klaeng Subdistrict, Mueang Rayong District, Rayong Province, on charges of ‘fraudulently deceiving the public and, by fraud or deception, entering distorted or forged computer data, whether in whole or in part, or false computer data, in a manner likely to cause damage to the public.’
According to Thai News Agency, this arrest was made on February 12, 2023, while the victim was meeting with a group of friends. During that time, she received a notification message from the Krungthai Bank application, sending an OTP code, which made her suspicious because she had not made any transactions with the bank during that time. Later, it was found that money had been transferred twice to a bank account, the first time for 500,000 baht and the second time for 134,258 baht, totaling 634,258 baht. The victim did not know the account owner, so she was sure that she had been deceived by a scammer and quickly reported it to the Kaeng Krachan Police Station in Phetchaburi Province, where they investigated and arrested Ms. Prapaphan, the suspect.
Checking the suspect’s criminal history, it was found that there was an arrest warrant from the Chiang Mai Provincial Court for “jointly committing fraud by impersonating someone else, deceiving, and entering false information into a computer system, which caused damage to others”, in collaboration with a gang of scammers who tricked several victims into investing in Bitcoin, resulting in damages of 1,500,000 baht.