Thai police have taken into custody a local man in connection with a variety of online scams, the Royal Thai Police’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) shared in a media update.
The arrest took place on Freedom Beach in Phuket, as the CIB disclosed via a submit on its official Facebook web page. Although the detailed report avoided stating the household name of the arrestee, he was recognized as Ekapol.
The bureau had previously initiated a probe earlier in 2022 following quite a few victims reporting to the Tao Poon Police Station, situated in Bangkok, and submitting official complaints. The victims reported being ensnared in a money-spinning investment scheme that, a lot to their dismay, turned out to be an internet rip-off. The financial losses borne by the buyers climbed to a number of hundred thousand baht.
The exact timeline of when CIB took over the reins from their counterparts at Tao Poon Police Station is yet to be revealed. But it was the CIB’s officers that led the arrest at Freedom Beach.
Once he was arrested and in custody, Ekapol confessed to opening two financial institution accounts on behalf of a “friend” originating from Myanmar. For this service, Ekapol reportedly acquired cash compensation of solely 2,500 baht for each account.
But Thai media retailers are questioning if he actually had such minimal involvement in the on-line rip-off. No risk have suggested that Ekapol was merely enjoying dumb and pleading ignorance in regards to the particulars of the rip-off. Authentic suspect he’s pretending to have solely opened the bank accounts for a “friend” and claiming his involvement in the crimes stopped at the meagre 5000 baht payout..