Chiang Mai: Boy’s death leads to ‘phone fraud’ arrest

A 19-year-old wanted in connection with a mobile phone sales fraud has surrendered to police in Chiang Mai.

Police believe Piyada Thongkhampan cheated around 500 people, mostly students, by selling non-existent phones online. One of her alleged victims included a 14-year-old boy who died from a haemorrhagic stroke after learning he had been duped.

Full story: Bangkok Post

Wassayos Ngamkham and Panumet Tanraksa
BANGKOK POST

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