Evening News Hot Topic - A call center scam swindled 1.2 million baht from a student, but fortunately, police apprehended the suspects, preventing further losses totaling 2.5 million baht. The image shows investigators from Pratu Nam Chulalongkorn Police Station, in collaboration with the Region 1 Police Investigation Division, arresting Mr. Chan, a 40-year-old Macau national, along with 1.2 million baht in cash belonging to the victim. The incident occurred on October 3rd. The victim had not yet filed a police report, but police received a report from a bank official that a 19-year-old university student had used a missing savings bond report and her national ID card to withdraw 1.2 million baht. Police then tracked down the victim and apprehended Mr. Kachapong, a 25-year-old Thai accomplice, who was receiving the cash from the victim in the Future Park Rangsit parking lot. Mr. Kachapong confessed to intending to transfer the money to a foreigner. Police then set up a sting operation and arrested Mr. Kachapong on Thiam Ruammit Road. During questioning, Mr. Chan claimed he needed to transfer the money to a friend who would convert it into USDT (a cryptocurrency) via an app. Police, acting on a Telegram message, took Mr. Chan to his condo on Soi Pracha Rat Bamrung 20 in Huai Khwang district, Bangkok. During the search, they found his girlfriend had just delivered money to an accomplice downstairs. It's suspected the money the girlfriend gave to the unknown man belonged to other victims. Police interrogated both Mr. Chan and his girlfriend. Mr. Chan admitted that his female foreign boss instructed him to deliver or pick up money at various locations before converting it into digital currency. The person who received the money from his girlfriend at the condo tried to contact Mr. Chan but couldn't reach him, so they called his girlfriend instead, asking her to bring the money down. Police initially charged Mr. Chan with conspiracy to defraud the public and then transferred him to Pratu Nam Chulalongkorn Police Station for further legal proceedings. Following the incident, the parents of a student received 1.2 million baht in cash...
Evening News Hot Topic - A call center scam swindled 1.2 million baht from a student, but fortunately, police apprehended the suspects, preventing further losses totaling 2.5 million baht. The image shows investigators from Pratu Nam Chulalongkorn Police Station, in collaboration with the Region 1 Police Investigation Division, arresting Mr. Chan, a 40-year-old Macau national, along with 1.2 million baht in cash belonging to the victim. The incident occurred on October 3rd. The victim had not yet filed a police report, but police received a report from a bank official that a 19-year-old university student had used a missing savings bond report and her national ID card to withdraw 1.2 million baht. Police then tracked down the victim and apprehended Mr. Kachapong, a 25-year-old Thai accomplice, who was receiving the cash from the victim in the Future Park Rangsit parking lot. Mr. Kachapong confessed to intending to transfer the money to a foreigner. Police then set up a sting operation and arrested Mr. Kachapong on Thiam Ruammit Road. During questioning, Mr. Chan claimed he needed to transfer the money to a friend who would convert it into USDT (a cryptocurrency) via an app. Police, acting on a Telegram message, took Mr. Chan to his condo on Soi Pracha Rat Bamrung 20 in Huai Khwang district, Bangkok. During the search, they found his girlfriend had just delivered money to an accomplice downstairs. It's suspected the money the girlfriend gave to the unknown man belonged to other victims. Police interrogated both Mr. Chan and his girlfriend. Mr. Chan admitted that his female foreign boss instructed him to deliver or pick up money at various locations before converting it into digital currency. The person who received the money from his girlfriend at the condo tried to contact Mr. Chan but couldn't reach him, so they called his girlfriend instead, asking her to bring the money down. Police initially charged Mr. Chan with conspiracy to defraud the public and then transferred him to Pratu Nam Chulalongkorn Police Station for further legal proceedings. Following the incident, the parents of a student received 1.2 million baht in cash...