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Samut Prakan police arrest ex-lawyer for romance scam

Wolf in sheep’s clothing: An ex-lawyer, left, and his profile picture right, is nabbed for allegedly swindling victims.

An ex-lawyer has been arrested in Samut Prakan for allegedly swindling victims in a romance scam via a dating app, police said on Saturday.

Pongsakorn Supakornmongkolchai, 43, was caught in front of a gold shop on Sukhumvit Road in tambon Sam Rong Nua of Muang district on Friday. The arrest was made jointly by police cyber taskforce unit 5 and the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Investigation Division.

The probe was launched when a victim sought help from national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas after she claimed to have been duped out of 1.51 million baht in a romance scam.

Police said the victim met…

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