Broker arrested for looking for horse accounts to receive money transfers in a gang of scammers

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested a broker looking for a horse account to receive money transfers in an investment fraud gang. Crying, revealing his intention to escape from Poipet hiding place. But I can't stand the homesickness. before being arrested in his hometown Police jointly arrested Ms. Prakaikaew, age 25, on an arrest warrant for the offenses of conspiring to defraud the public, conspiring to commit fraud by posing as another person. and together in corruption or by deception Introduce into a computer system that is distorted or forged. whether in whole or in part or false computer information in a way that is likely to cause damage to the people They were arrested in front of a house in Uthai District. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province This is due to the fact that around March 2023, the victim opened Facebook before coming across the page called Investor Chat Room. which is open to the public Accessible to the general public The said page is a recommendation for investment and stoc k trading. which received high returns Therefore, the victims were interested and talked and inquired. Later, the culprit contacted the victim. Through the Line application, the culprit pretended to be Teacher Paiboon Seriwattana by using the Line name " 'Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paiboon' uses the profile picture of Professor Paiboon on his profile page. Deliberately understood to be the real person. After that, the victim kept in contact with the criminal. For a period of approximately 1 month, later the said person invited the victim to invest in stock trading. So convincing that the victim was convinced, he transferred money to other accounts several times, a total of 4 accounts, totaling an amount of 21,089,644.50 baht, 1 of those 4 accounts is Ms. Prakaikaew's account This accused which later investigation found that The money was also transferred and distributed to another 16 horse accounts. Later on July 8, 2023, the victim wished to withdraw the invested money. But the culprit informed him that 40% of the mo ney for the operation would be transferred from the money the victim would receive. Thus making you aware that you might have been deceived. The victim then filed a complaint with the Bang Rak Police Station investigator in order to take legal action against the criminal group. Later, investigators collected evidence. and asked the court to issue an arrest warrant for Ms. Prakaikaew Including the owner of the destination account that received the transfer money, another 16 accounts. From the investigation, it was found that after Ms. Prakaikaew Receiving money transferred from the victim, he closed the account and fled to Poipet. Cambodia Later, police from Subdistrict 2, Crime Suppression Division (Subdistrict 2, Crime Suppression Division) rushed to track down and investigate in order to arrest this suspect. Before knowing that Ms. Prakaikaew Returned to his hometown in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. The police then went to investigate. before finding the accused So he showed himself and presented an arrest warrant. Before being taken to make an arrest record at Uthai Police Station, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province After that, he was sent to the investigation officer at Bang Rak Police Station for further legal action. Asked about the accused's initial statement, he testified that I didn't know about the scam or cheating on anyone. Previously, I was unemployed. Later, there was a group of people who lived in Poipet. Cambodia recommends opening a bank account. Received a stipend of 3,000 baht per account for opening an account, and if additional accounts were obtained, another 1,000 baht per account would be paid, with people around and acquaintances invited to open bank accounts as well. With tears in his eyes, he said that he didn't want to run away. Because I couldn't bear to miss home. So he decided to return to his hometown. Source: Thai News Agency