A French tourist was arrested for stealing Bt2.5 million in cash from a Siam Commercial Bank on Koh Tao in Surat Thani on Friday morning, police said yesterday. The 44-year-old suspect, Pierre Charassel, wore a wool hat to cover his face, and used a fake gun to force bank employees to give him money, before […]
CHONBURI, April 6 – Five Bulgarians were arrested for using counterfeit credit cards to withdraw money from Thai banks’ automatic teller machines (ATMs), according to the provincial office of the Thailand Transnational Crime Coordination Centre. The five-person gang consisted of three men and two women–Stefan Nikolaev Savovski, 38; Iliyan Alek Sandrov Ininski, 37; Plamen Ivanov […]
Thailand, Chonburi Transnational Crime Center arrested three Ukrainians using fake credit cards withdrawing approximately ten million THB which they spent extravagantly. PATTAYA – March 30, 2012[PDN]; Pol.Lt.Col.Chiddeja Songsong, Pattaya police station and the chief of transnational crime center Pol.Capt. Prajakpong Suriya were notified by Mr. Adipat Adikanit- the anti-corruption control unit and The Siam Commercial […]
A Romanian man was arrested on Sukhumvit Soi 7 in Bangkok for hacking into European banks’ customer information to make withdrawals from automated teller machines (ATMs) in Thailand. Tourist Police yesterday presented to the press the suspect, Lozinca George Alexandru, 22, along with Bt6,000 cash, 655 fake electronic cards, a magnetic stripe reader and recorder, […]
Flooding continued to batter Bangkok yesterday, with more areas succumbing to runoff water from the upper part of the country. As of press time, flood water had reached the Samiannaree Temple on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. The Major Ratchayothin Complex at the Ratchayothin intersection has suspended services indefinitely. In front of Siam Commercial Bank headquarters on […]
CHIANG MAI: Last night Chiang Mai Police arrested a British citizen, Mr. Michael Ludwig Wynn, 64, for robbing a bank in Chiang Mai at around at about 2.15pm on October 5. Siam Commercial Bank’s Diamond Market branch in Somphet was robbed of 535,000 Baht. Read more: Thaivisa.com
Bangkok Police have arrested a 23-year-old hacker who allegedly stole more than 500,000 baht from internet bankers. Officers from the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) arrested Akaphan Gummanoi at a house in Soi Maiyalap on Ram Intra Road late on Friday night for allegedly robbing Siam Commercial Bank accounts. Police confiscated two computers from the […]
People are invited to help southern flood victims by donating commodities (drinking water, basic medicines, instant noodles etc) to the Nation Channel, Nation Tower’s 12A floor on Bangnatrat Road. Call for details at 023383000 press 3 or 023383600. The Finance Ministry is also mobilising donations around the base of the King Rama V Statue, starting […]
