Electrician turned conman sold fake amulets online, manipulated meters

An electrician was recently nabbed for one of several illegal side hustles – conning people into buying religious amulets online. The 28 year old electrician was previously been a normal repairman who also illegally manipulated electricity meters before being picked up by police. He confessed he hadn’t anticipated the police would catch up to him.

This arrest today followed Lieutenant General Thiti Saengsawang’s call for officials from Operation Unit 5, News Analysis and Special Tools Department, National Police Station and the 111th batch of Criminal Investigation students to arrest the suspect following the issuance of an arrest warrant on August 3.

The suspect, identified as James, was detained in the parking lot opposite Thong Chen Residence, Maha Chai, in Samut Sakhon province yesterday. An unfortunate online victim who had been tricked into…