A Thai man willingly turned himself in at Nimit Mai Police Station after orchestrating a scam that defrauded a Singaporean businessman of 3 million baht. The scam involved enticing the victim to invest in the man’s business in exchange for a long-stay visa in Thailand.
Toward the end of last year, the Singaporean’s Thai wife and a local lawyer complained to the 57 year old scammer, identified as Somthop, at Nimit Mai Police Station. The woman explained that Somthop had deceived her 50 year old husband, Pete, by offering to assist him in obtaining a long-stay visa for Thailand, knowing Pete’s desire for an extended stay in the country due to his frequent business travels between Thailand and Singapore.
Somthop presented himself as a fellow businessman capable of leveraging his own business to facilitate Pete’s visa….
