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Stock manipulator on US wanted list arrested in Phuket

Suspect and accomplices accused of pushing up share price of listed food company more than 900%

Peter Coker Jr, 54, a citizen of St Kitts and Nevis, wanted by US for fraud and stock manipulation, is arrested in a hotel room near Surin beach in Thalang district of Phuketon Wednesday. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

A 54-year-old man wanted by the United States for stock manipulation and colluding in fraud has been arrested in Thalang district of Phuket province.

Peter Coker Jr, who holds citizenship of the Caribbean island state of St Kitts and Nevis, was arrested on Wednesday in a hotel room near Surin Beach on Phuket, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau…

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