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A Swedish tourist filed a complaint with a Pattaya police station on Friday, after someone stole Bt99,900 from his bank account, leaving just Bt1.38 left. H. C. K., 49, filed the complaint at 10am, after someone used the phone number 098-9301045 to create an Internet banking account and tied it to
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Members of the public are warned not to buy or sell their bank accounts or ATM cards or they may face jail terms and/or fines on money laundering charge. The stern warning was issued by Pol Gen Chaiya Siri-amphankul, secretary-general of Anti-Money Laundering Office, in response to a press report about
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BANGKOK, 13 July 2016 (NNT) – The alleged robber of a bank in Singapore continues to refuse all charges after being captured in Thailand by the police, says the police chief. Royal Thai Police Commissioner-General Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, along with the Commander of the Immigration Bureau Pol Lt Gen Nattorn
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A bomb has exploded near the headquarters of a bank in central Beirut that is involved in a dispute over how to deal with Hizballah finances. Lebanon's Red Cross said two people were injured, but there were no fatalities from the explosion outside the headquarters of the Lebanese Blom Bank. There were
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A lone robber made off with over 100,000 baht in cash from a Bangkok Bank’s branch office in Tesco Lotus modern trade store in Lampang after intimidating a teller that he had a gun. According to eyewitnesses, the robber, aged about 50 and wore a mask, walked into the bank at
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He may not look it, but this young Indian beggar is actually richer than most of the nation’s middle class. Pappu Kumar has managed to make a small fortune during eight years of begging on the streets of Patna, in the state of Bihar. He reportedly has 500,000 rupees ($7,500) stashed
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Beginning today, all commercial banks will replace all their magnetic stripe cards issued to customers with the securer chip cards. At present there are still 60 million magnetic stripe cards in use. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
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A lone man accused of making off with almost 9 million baht from a cash delivery van in Pattaya last month has been caught in Rayong after phone records shed light on his activities. Itthidet Phormee, alias Pornsawan or Keng Phormee, 40, of Uthai Thani, was apprehended in Klaeng district on
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