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Polisen grep en Thaikvinna med 1.8 milj Tbh i väskan som hon försökte smuggla till Malaysia.
BANGKOK — Police have arrested a Thai woman accused of running a "Nigerian scam" ring in Thailand that has allegedly defrauded millions of baht from unsuspecting victims.
Kessanee Mahayothee, 34, was arrested near the Thai - Malaysian border in Songkhla province as she was attempting to leave the country with more than 1.8 million baht in cash, police say.
According to Pol.Col. Amornsak Kasemsiri, a detective officer in charge of the investigation, police also discovered that Kessanee has registered at least 47 bank accounts in her name, possibly to funnel illegal money.
Pol.Col. Amornsak told reporters yesterday that Kessanee confessed to working with of group of Malaysia-based Nigerian men who posed as Westerners and approached single Thai women on dating websites with the intention of scamming them for cash.
Yesterday's arrest followed a complaint by a Thai woman that a British man named James Thompson flirted with her and convinced her into an online relationship, Pol.Col. Amornsak said. The man reportedly offered to buy an apartment in Bangkok for the woman and promised to send 5 million baht to her as a payment.
Full story: http://www.khaosoden...ate=06§ion=
BANGKOK — Police have arrested a Thai woman accused of running a "Nigerian scam" ring in Thailand that has allegedly defrauded millions of baht from unsuspecting victims.
Kessanee Mahayothee, 34, was arrested near the Thai - Malaysian border in Songkhla province as she was attempting to leave the country with more than 1.8 million baht in cash, police say.
According to Pol.Col. Amornsak Kasemsiri, a detective officer in charge of the investigation, police also discovered that Kessanee has registered at least 47 bank accounts in her name, possibly to funnel illegal money.
Pol.Col. Amornsak told reporters yesterday that Kessanee confessed to working with of group of Malaysia-based Nigerian men who posed as Westerners and approached single Thai women on dating websites with the intention of scamming them for cash.
Yesterday's arrest followed a complaint by a Thai woman that a British man named James Thompson flirted with her and convinced her into an online relationship, Pol.Col. Amornsak said. The man reportedly offered to buy an apartment in Bangkok for the woman and promised to send 5 million baht to her as a payment.
Full story: http://www.khaosoden...ate=06§ion=
