The arrest of a Thai woman on fraud charges at a Bangkok hotel yesterday led to an investigation into the production of fake dollar bills and the search for a foreign man involved.
Officers from the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) yesterday, November 23, tracked down suspects in the fraud case in Nonthaburi and Samut Prakarn provinces until they found one of the suspects, a 40 year old Thai woman named Ploypatcha, at a hotel in the Bangkok Noi district of Bangkok.
Officers raided her hotel room and arrested her yesterday. Ploypatcha was charged with violating Section 264 of the Criminal Law by using a forged document, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison, a fine of up to 60,000 baht, or both.
She was also charged with committing fraud under Section 341 of the Criminal Law which is…
