After 14 years on the run, a woman was arrested in Sing Buri province in central Thailand yesterday for her alleged role in the forging of the New Zealand ambassador to Thailand’s credit card in 2008, with damages exceeding 10 million baht.
Police arrested 44 year old Ketkanya Khantawee at a house in Moo 10, Don Phot subdistrict, Mueang district, under an arrested warrant issued by the Criminal Court on July 17, 2009. The warrant accused Ketkanya of, “jointly forging an electronic card, jointly using a counterfeit electronic card to pay for goods and services or withdraw cash, and jointly forging royal documents.”
In 2008, a criminal gang forged a credit card belonging to the New Zealand ambassador to Thailand, Brook Barrington, at that time. The forged card was used to purchase “a lot of oil,” reports Sanook.
The gang bought the credit card information from criminals in…
