Thread: Pattaya Police Bust Alleged Indian Scammer in Pattaya for Scamming American Victims

An Indian man and his Thai wife have been taken into custody by Pattaya Police today for allegedly scamming multiple American victims of over three billion baht.

Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimol, accompanied by a commando unit and officers from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), conducted a raid on a house in Pattaya’s Banglamung district today, March 21st, at 10 AM. The raid was prompted by a notification from the United States Embassy, which stated that the dwelling was being used as a hideout by scammers.


After searching the house, Gen. Torsak told The Pattaya News that he has arrested an unidentified Indian national aged between 50-60 years old and his Thai wife aged around 40-50 years old. The two have been accused of duping numerous American citizens of over three billion baht in total damages and had fled to Pattaya, according to the United States Embassy.

Gen. Torsak said police seized several car keys, bank account books, smartphones, and weapons from the two suspects. A press briefing will be hosted at 10 AM tomorrow, March 22nd, to provide further details about the case.


Pattaya Police Bust Alleged Indian Scammer in Pattaya for Scamming American Victims of Three Billion Baht - The Pattaya News

Nothing explaining the charges, the alleged scams or the involvement of the American embassy in this arrest of a fine upstanding Indian Thai couple…

But they did have 'weapons' . . .

Selling ineffective bum detectors?

36 arrested in a call centre scam preying on people in US from Thailand

Five Indian nationals and 31 Thais have been arrested by Thai police, supported by American officials, for alleged involvement in a call centre scam network which preyed on American senior citizens in the United States.


The gang has allegedly cheated more than 300 American senior citizens, many of them doctors, university professors and businessmen, out of over 3 billion baht, Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, the deputy national police chief, told a news conference today (Wednesday) at the Royal Thai Police headquarters.


Representatives from the US Secret Service and the FBI, attached to the US Embassy in Bangkok, were also present at the news conference.


The arrests of the suspects, mostly Thai women, were made in coordinated raids in Chon Buri, Rayong, Roi-et and Surat Thani provinces in a joint Thai-US operation, codenamed “Shell Game”.


Pol Gen Torsak said that, late last year, Thai police were approached by officials from the US Secret Service, FBI and Justice Department to help investigate the call centre gang, run by Indian nationals, which had been preying on American citizens in the US since 2000.


Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau Commissioner Pol Lt-Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha said that the gang had obtained personal information of its potential prey from other Americans and, by pretending to be US officials, would contact their victims to inform them that they were being investigated for alleged money laundering. They then demanded that they wire money into their “mule” accounts if they wanted to have the cases settled without further litigation.


When the money was wired, it would be immediately withdrawn and given to the Indian masterminds, who would then transfer the money to elsewhere to avoid detection.

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