People arrive at the Central Investigation Bureau, Bangkok, to lodge fraud complaints against a popular Japanese buffet restaurant chain on Monday. (Photo Varuth Hirunyatheb)
About 10,000 people had likely been duped by the Daruma Sushi scam, with damages estimated to exceed 100 million baht, according to the Central Investigative Bureau (CIB).
Cases in connection with the scam are being compiled, and complaints against the Japanese buffect restaurant chain have been filed with different agencies, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, CIB commissioner, said on Tuesday.
Once the cases are forwarded to the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), it will seek an arrest warrant for Metha Chalingsuk, the restaurant chain’s franchiser who…
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