A former Thai lawyer was allegedly involved in a romance scam. Police in the central Samut Prakan province caught the suspect, 43 year old Pongsakorn Supakornmongkolchai, in front of a gold shop on Sukhumvit Road in the main city district on Friday. The arrest was made by a joint effort of the Police Cyber Taskforce unit 5 and the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Investigation Division.
The investigation was sparked after a victim approached national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, claiming she had been defrauded of 1.51 million baht in a romance scam. The victim had met the suspect, who introduced himself as “Tom” or “Thanet” on the Bumble dating app, with a good-looking profile picture.
After chatting online, the suspect exploited the victim’s depression by demanding that she have sexual…