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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Foreigner nabbed over scam

Younghui: Caught at Phuket airport (photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

The only foreigner wanted for alleged involvement in the Forex-3D Ponzi scheme was arrested at Phuket International Airport on Monday, according to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).

Daryl Cai Younghui was nabbed by Immigration Police as he was about to catch a flight to his home country of Singapore, said Pol Capt Wissanu Chimtrakul, head of the DSI’s informal financial business division.

Mr Younghui, 32, is a close associate of Apirak Kothi, the imprisoned founder of the Ponzi scheme that allegedly caused 2.4 billion baht in losses to its victims.

Pol Maj Yuthana Praedam, director-general of the DSI, said the department sent Mr Younghui from Phuket to…

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