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16 arrests in B20m insurance fraud case

Police arrest a suspect in an alleged 20 million baht personal accident insurance fraud, at a house in Mai Kaen district of Pattani on Monday, part of a series of raids in Pattani and Songkhla provinces in which 16 people were detained. (Photo supplied)

Police have arrested 16 people in raids on 15 locations for filing alleged false personal accident claims totalling 20 million baht, with insurers having already paid out 14 million baht.

The alleged scam involved claims on multiple policies for hospital treatment for wounds that were intentionally inflicted.

The arrests were in the southern provinces of Pattani and Songkhla on Monday, Pol Lt Gen Jiraphob Bhuridej, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, said on Tuesday.

The detained suspects were Tueanjai Thetngamthuan, 59, Tueanjit…

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