Cybercrime investigators have arrested a woman who owned a mule bank account used by an online scam gang to receive payments from victims.
The suspect, identified as Dokkaew Kaewjerm, was arrested in connection with the death of Athiya Chuaykong, of Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
Athiya hanged herself in her bedroom on October 15, leaving a suicide note saying that she had been tricked by the gang into making a down payment of Bt18,500 to purchase an iPhone 13 from a mobile phone shop in Thailand’s northern border province of Chiang Rai.
After she had paid the required payment, she asked the shop to ship the mobile phone to her, but to no avail. The gang, on the contrary, asked for another Bt2,000 for insurance.
Athiya grudgingly sent the additional amount to the gang, in the hope of getting her new phone. On her mobile phone, police found chat messages between Athiya and the bogus…
