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Man accused of faking wife’s death for 10 million baht

A man has been arrested for fraud after allegedly faking the death of his wife to claim 10 million baht from life insurance companies. The man denied the charge and blamed his wife and brother-in-law instead. He did insist on paying back the insurance companies that were scammed.

The Central Investigations Bureau (CIB) was notified about the fraud and after a short investigation arrested the accused, a 44 year old man named Chavit on Saturday, at a house on Bang Waek Road in the Taling Chan district of Bangkok.

According to Khaosod, Chavit and his wife bought life insurance from several companies in February 2015. Then, each company was notified about the death of the wife and paid the family over 10 million baht.

Chavit acknowledged the charges against him but maintained his innocence. He said that his brother-in-law did the crime under his name and did not get any money from the…

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