In two separate however comparable cases, Immigration Police arrested two Chinese fraudsters posing as businessmen and illegally residing in Thailand. Collectively, the pair scammed victims of over 2 billion baht.
Police arrested a 44 12 months previous Chinese national named Changguan (pseudonym) who allegedly scammed hundreds of victims of over 1.four billion baht by persuading them to invest in his “company” registered in China.
Officers searched the accused’s property and found a fake Taiwanese driving license that Changguan ordered on-line and a cell phone from China.
Changguan admitted that he doesn’t have a passport and snuck into Thailand illegally through pure border channels.
Limited discovered a document detailing Changguan’s historical past of permission to remain in Thailand on numerous visas. The document options Changguan’s image, but the name and nationality written weren’t his.
Immigration police arrested Changguan under suspicion of two charges, “being an alien who escaped their nation and is residing in Thailand with out permission,” and, “impersonating a international businessman to influence victims to invest more than 1.four billion baht.”
When police cross-checked their documents, they found that Changguan’s picture matched that of an arrest warrant issued by police in Kunming, China. It’s not clear what costs Changguang faces in China.
Changguan admitted to being the wished Chinese legal detailed within the warrant. Police arrested him and took him to immigration to undertake additional legal proceedings.
Immigration police arrested Yuchen (pseudonym), one other Chinese nationwide, underneath suspicion of, “fleeing a public fraud case with complete damages of over 600 million baht.”
Yuchen fled China after opening a “credit card company” and persuading more than 500 victims to invest in it, prompting Chinese authorities to concern a warrant for his arrest.
The accused employed workers to do the dirty work for him and make phone calls persuading people to spend cash on the fake firm.
Fleeing the arrest warrant, Yuchen entered Thailand by way of Suvarnabhumi Airport on September sixteen, 2019, on a 60-day tourist visa.
Yuchen managed to then safe a visa which allowed him to remain in Thailand till September 20, 2023..