Bangkok, Central Investigation Police Romance scam gang arrested, tricked into falling in love for 4 months, losing 15 million baht. The accused confessed to most of the money he received from the victims. Will use it to gamble and travel until it's gone. Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) by the Technology Crime Suppression Division (CDC) along with the arresting officers. They jointly arrested the accused, Mr. Itthikorn, age 31, and Ms. Anchalee, age 30, for the crime of "jointly defrauding the public" by representing oneself as someone else, acting together dishonestly or by deception Introduce into the computer system any distorted or falsified computer data. whether in whole or in part or false computer information in a manner that is likely to cause damage to the public, jointly transfer, receive transfer, or change the condition of property related to the commission of an offense in order to hide or conceal the source of that property or to assist others whether before, during or after committing an offense. Not to be punished or to receive a lesser punishment for the underlying offense. and support the commission of an offense or assist an offender in the first place or while committing an offense.' This is due to the fact that around the beginning of March 2024, an injured person came to report a complaint to the investigating officers of Division 2, Royal Thai Police, in the case that a criminal had taken a photo of another person, a beautiful young woman, to create an application account. X (X), Facebook and fake Line. To find victims, they use the application X (X) using a picture of a young woman. Post in a way that invites pity. Living life is difficult. and find someone to care for To get the victim's attention and come talk to them privately. When the victim is believed, they talk until they become close. So the villain created various stories. created to deceive the victims In the beginning there will be talk about a miserable life. and asked for money to pay off debts that had been borrowed T hen pictures of other women will be sent to the victim to see. to build trustworthiness among the victims When the victim falls in love and plans to meet He began to gradually transfer money to the criminals. It has Ms. Anchalee's e-wallet account and Mr. Itthikorn's bank account. Receive money transfers from victims When the victim wants to meet up The criminal will give reasons. To avoid meeting each other every time, the victim has never met the real person of the woman they talked to before. Until the victim became suspicious and tried to get the money back. The culprit will request to enter into a loan agreement using Ms. Anchalee's name and create a story to further deceive the victim that there is valuable relative land. They can be sold to return money to the victims. But the mortgage debt must be forgiven before compensation can be paid to the injured person. When the victim regrets the money that was previously given to the criminal. They will transfer additional money to the criminal in hopes of g etting the money back. From the start of talks around mid-November 2023 and the first transfer of money around mid-December 2023 until around March 2024, the damage value was more than 15 million baht. Upon further investigation, it was found that Gangs of criminals have used other people's images to defraud victims. and from examining the financial routes of the criminal group It was found that the criminal had used the gang's own account to receive money from the victims. Claiming to be a person close to the fake identity created When receiving money from the injured person There will be a transfer of money obtained from crimes to different accounts. of themselves and have converted them into other assets and real estate. The police then collected relevant evidence and submitted a request for court approval of an arrest warrant. Later, the Criminal Court approved two arrest warrants. On March 15, 2024, police officers from Subdistrict 2, Royal Thai Police, carried out a search warrant to search/arrest a g roup of co-offenders at 2 locations, which were in the Bangkok area. 1 point in the Chatuchak district and 1 point in the Bangna district. They were able to seize many items of property related to crimes, such as 11 mobile phones, bank accounts, cash cards, credit cards, a total of 16 items, and watches and amulets. , jewelry, brand name bags-shoes and other assets Many more items Initially, Mr. Itthikon, accused number 1, confessed that Photographs of other people have been used to create false identities to defraud real victims. It creates an account for Application X (Twitter) to trick victims. When a victim comes to talk They'll talk to each other and build romantic intimacy once they start talking until they're close. Various stories will begin to be created. To come up to make the victims feel pity. until the victim believed and transferred money Finally, when the money is received, it will be transferred to other bank accounts. own and go for personal expenses buy property Travel abroad Buy luxury ite ms and various brand name items Most of the money received came from the victims. The culprit will use it to gamble and travel until it's gone. Upon further investigation, it was found that there were more than 40 other victims. Among the aforementioned victims, It can be confirmed that more than 10 people have transferred money to this criminal. Central Investigation Police CIB issues public relations alert to the public Please use caution when using online dating applications or websites. In addition to causing regret, it may also cause the loss of a large amount of property. And please use online media knowingly about romance scam gangs and criminals that come in different forms. Personal information should not be disclosed. and do not transfer money to unknown persons. We would like to publicize this to people who think they have been deceived by the aforementioned criminal group. You can contact Subdistrict 2, Royal Thai Police to further coordinate information in the relevant areas. Source: Thai New s Agency