Thai woman charged with defrauding travelers in quarantine hotel scam

A Thai woman was arrested southeast of the capital on suspicion of scamming travelers booking quarantine stays at one downtown hotel.

The woman, identified only as Ammy, was part of a gang that Immigration Bureau chief Sompong Chingduang said today stole at least THB250,000 from six victims by posing as the Hopeland Sukhumvit 8 hotel online to collect payments for bookings and other fees. She has been charged with fraud.

Immigration investigators located her in Chonburi province by tracking financial transactions, including ATM withdrawals. A national ID card on display indicated the suspect’s name was Aphichada Norraphatana.

Sompong said the gang obtained customer information by gaining access to the hotel’s email. Neither the hotel nor its staff were said to have been implicated in the scam, which involved

Travel to Thailand isn’t easy. Now scammers are…