Chiang Rai News
Fake Chiang Rai Cop Arrested by Cyber Police for Duping Victims Out of Bt150 Million
Cyber Police have arrested a major call centre scam member in Ayutthaya province after he posed as a senior police officer in Chiang Rai, duping three victims into transferring more than 150 million baht.
Chonwicha Pansamut, 32, was apprehended by police officers from the Cyber Police and investigators from the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Ayutthaya’s Wang Noi district.
The arresting squad took the suspect’s assets, including bank accounts, gold jewellery, cash, watches, and mobile phones. He was charged with conspiracy to commit public fraud, illegal assembly, transnational crime, entering false data into a computer system, money laundering, and other offences.
Cyber Police had previously requested permission from the Court to issue 58 warrants for call center scammers preying on victims.
Authorities collected proof that Mr. Chonwicha, who pretended to be the police chief in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province, was a primary suspect in three big scam cases in which victims were duped into sending more than 150 million baht.
On October 17, Cyber Police investigators joined Cambodian police in raiding a building harbouring call center scammers in Poipet, Cambodia.
The Taiwanese gang leaders fled through a secret tunnel in the building. Mr. Chonwicha was one of the scam artists.
Cyber Police Shadowed Scammer
Later, the Cyber Police learned that the suspect had returned to Thailand. They began tracking his movements, which led to his arrest in Ayutthaya.
Mr. Chonwicha confessed all allegations during questioning, according to a police source. He admitted to working with other scam artists to trick victims into sending money to his gang.
In November of last year, he sneaked across the border to Cambodia using a natural border to work as an administrator of a gaming website in Poipet township.
In February, he started operating as a phone call scammer in the second line of phone scam operations. He pretended to be a police chief in Chiang Ra province.
His Taiwanese scam gang superiors were pleased with his performance and advanced him to the third line of the scam operation. He later enticed his victims to wire 7-8 million baht to his group each month.
Cyber Police Tag Him for 3 other Big Cases
In the first instance, he persuaded Ms. Ampha, a retired teacher, to wire him 11 million baht in April this year.
In the second case, the suspect swindled stock investor Wichai out of 41 million baht in July.
The third victim was a doctor in Chumphon province who was deceived into sending 101 million baht to the gang.
Police did not reveal the victims’ surnames.
According to the suspect, his group had roughly 50-60 Thai employees. Chonwicha was paid around 20,000 baht per month for the 1-3 months he worked.
Following that, his income was increased to 30,000 baht plus 3% in commission fees from the money he defrauded from victims.
His commission fees from swindling the three major victims totalled 2 million baht. He made approximately 4 million baht since joining the investment scam gang.
He spent approximately one million baht to construct a house and gave approximately one million baht to his parents.
He spent roughly 500,000 baht on gold jewellery and the remainder on personal costs and internet gaming. The suspect was turned over to CSI Police, and local authorities seized his assets.
Police Open Fire in Crowded Street
Plainclothes police officers opened fire on a car driven by a suspected drug dealer fleeing on Phetkasem Road on Friday evening, prompting residents to fear and escape for safety.
The suspect is still at large.
Around 5.15 p.m., the incident occurred near The Mall Bangkae in the Bang Kae neighbourhood. The event did not result in any injuries, but it did cause damage to five automobiles, all of which were hit by the suspect’s vehicle.
According to Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, the Metropolitan Officers deputy commissioner, the incident began when police stormed a house during an investigation into a drug network.
They could apprehend two individuals, but the third, later identified as Chonthat Natheemas, 29, managed to flee in a car.
During the pursuit, police fired rounds at the suspect’s tires to keep him from injuring himself or others or causing property damage, according to Pol Maj Gen Jirasan.
He said that the cops were following police protocol regarding car chases.
The suspect, however, was able to dump the car, a white Honda HR-V with Bangkok license plates, in a parking lot in the Phasi Charoen area and remained large on Saturday.
Semi-Naked Robber
Police in Si Sa Ket are looking for a semi-naked guy who robbed eight residences in one night while wearing nothing below the waist and did not appear embarrassed to be captured on CCTV.
Locals in the Huai Thap Than district said the man stole about 10,000 baht in cash from one house alone but then attacked the others when the inhabitants realized they were being watched.
Puangphet Somsiri, 50, said she was sleeping early on October 21 when she heard someone in the next room examining a desk drawer.
“I called out when I heard someone loosening the zip on my money bag. The intruder was scared and ran, “She stated to reporters.
CCTV footage shows her racing after the man while wearing a balaclava and a black T-shirt. He flees through the rear door.
When she later examined the CCTV footage, she realized he was nude below the waist, which does not appear to have hampered his housebreaking efforts, partly because several homeowners obligingly left their doors unlocked.
“I spoke with the neighbours and discovered he had broken into eight locations and stolen over 10,000 baht in cash; however, he had left his victim’s phones and other belongings behind. I believe he showed there naked to have his way with any women he found, “She stated.
Natchanon Potnadee, 43, said she heard her 12-year-old daughter screaming about an intruder in the house at 1 a.m.
“The intruder grabbed my daughter’s arm, but she escaped from the room and notified me,” she explained. He got in through the rear door, which was unlocked.
Later that morning, Piengjai Sathan, 58, claimed she would pay for some items when she opened her handbag and discovered her money had vanished.
“My keys and two phones were still there, but over 7,000 baht in cash had vanished. My spouse examined his wallet and saw that 2,000 baht had gone missing. At home, I had placed my purse on a desk, “She stated.
“Locals later told me that a half-naked man had been breaking into their homes. My rear door was not locked, so I believe he got in that way, “She stated. Police are looking into it.
Police in Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai Province have arrested a 50 year old man after the threatened to rape a 20 year-old woman and the proceeded to murder her 2 and half month old baby.
Police with doctors from Wiang Kaen Hospital and the Chao Luang Wiang Kaen Welfare Association were summoned to the scene of the incident to a 2-story cement house, Village No. 2, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai
On arrival they found Ms. Chanikarn, age 20, in a state of distress crying uncontrollably beside her 2 and a half month baby girl (Linlada) that was dead on the floor.
After calming Ms. Chanikarn, the child’s mother, said that at approximately 2:30 p.m she was out to collect diapers that had been dried in front of the house, while her 2 and a half month old daughter was sleep on the ground floor of the house.
She said she was suddenly approached by a Mr. Lee, about 40 years old, who lived on the opposite side of the road. He came towards her and grabbed her arm and threatened her saying if she didn’t sleeping with him he will go and kill his daughter.
Miss Chanikan refused and ran away, then Mr. Lee then walked into the house and grabbed Ms. Linlada’s leg, smashing the child’s head against the cement floor of the house. The infant died immediately.
Mr. Lee then just walked away and returned to his own home, leaving Miss Chanikan and her dead baby.
When police went to Mr. Lee’s home he immediately confessed killing the infant and was taken to Wiang Kaen Police Station for further questioning. Under caution he told police that he was sexually attracted to Miss Chanikan‘s and when her husband leave for work he took the opportunity to approach her.
He said when he saw her husband leave he crossed that road and found Miss Chanikan in the yard alone, he then threatened her to sleep with him, saying he would kill her child if she didn’t have sex with him. However when she refused he flew into a fit of rage walked into her home and murdered he baby. He said he was out of control with rage.
After killing the infant he walk across the street to his home and waited for the police to arrive. The police have charged him with premeditated murder and attempted rape. He is being held without bail at the local remand center.
Meanwhile, Miss Chanikan and her family were preparing a religious burial ceremony for the child.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
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CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.
On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.
His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.
Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, Assigned Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police/Deputy Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, has launched the operation ‘Bombing the Thieves’ Bridge’ in collaboration with the CAT Office, G., mobile phone network operators AIS DTAC TRUE NT, and local security agencies to cut the mobile phone signal and WiFi internet that criminals illegally use to deceive Thai citizens.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai stated that they will begin pressing the first action of the ‘Explosion of Thieves’ Bridge’ in Chiang Rai Province toward the thieves’ base of operations in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.
The territory surrounding King Roman in Laos. King Roman is now a full-service entertainment destination with an airport that welcomes travelers from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, he explained.
According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai, this operation will have no influence on honest people along the Thai border, and it will only target cyber criminals.
They will also increase the arrest and prosecution of unlawful service towers, such as SIM booths, which allow gangs register SIM cards to swindle the people. Dealing with criminal organizations of foreigners and Thais who band together to deceive and damage Thais.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suspended more than three million SIM cards on July 16 because the holders had not verified their identities with their mobile phone operators by the deadline, in accordance with the NBTC’s measures to combat alleged fraudsters’ mule accounts.
The names of the holders of 80 million mobile phone numbers used for mobile banking transactions did not match the names associated with the mobile banking accounts.
The NBTC would require mobile phone companies to authenticate SIM card holders and the names of their mobile banking accounts. The verification procedure is expected to be completed by the end of September this year.
In addition, the NBTC and Royal Thai Police have collaborated to combat illegal telecom towers throughout the country’s borders, disconnecting signals at 465 places, altering antenna direction at 470 towers, and dismantling antennas at 179 locations.
They are certain that the move will disrupt contact center gangs and other types of technology-based crime.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
Police in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, shot and killed a 28-year-old man who allegedly attacked a police officer with a machete. The officer was slashed in the right leg with the machete.
According to police, the culprit, known only as Mr. Toon, had been harassing local villagers in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai, threatening them with a knife and using violet insults.
The village headman arrived on the scene to try to calm Mr. Toon, but he was shouting hysterically and taking swipes at him with the machete, so he contacted the police.
When the responding officer arrived at the site about 9 p.m., he attempted to calm the man, but he instead assaulted the officer, slashing his right leg with the machete. In self-defense, the cop had to fire his gun at Mr. Toon, striking him in the chest.
Mr. Toon and the policeman were taken to Mae Chan Hospital, where Mr. Toon died of a gunshot wound. Pol Sgt. Sutthikiat Phanomphraisakul was released from the hospital after receiving numerous stitches for his injuries.
Local police received a tip around 9.30 p.m. yesterday that a guy was causing mayhem in the village. When authorities arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Toon strolling along a public road, holding a large knife and threatening people. Mae Chan district officials attempted to contain the incident.
During a search of Mr. Toon’s home, authorities discovered methamphetamine consumption equipment. Locals told authorities that the man was addicted to Yaba (Methamphetamine) and an alcoholic.
The authorities are conducting an inquiry to determine Toon’s motivations and whether any underlying issues contributed to his violent outburst.
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