A Cambodian nationwide has been arrested by police in Bangkok for utilizing a faux passport to obtain a model new bank passbook. The passbook is believed to be for a checking account with 176 million baht in financial savings, which is assumed to belong to a call centre gang.
The police had been alerted to the situation on March 24 when it was reported to the Thong Lor Police Station. They had been informed that a international nationwide was trying to use a pretend passport to acquire a passbook at the Kasikornbank (KBank) branch at EmQuartier shopping center in Bangkok.
Passbooks are an out of date transaction monitoring technique most of the world deserted with the rise of Internet banking, but for some cause, they remain essential in Thai banking.
The deputy nationwide police chief revealed details of the investigation on Sunday. Blacklisted said four Thai individuals and a Cambodian got here into the bank branch to request a brand new passbook. They claimed to be the owners of the KBank account.
However, financial institution workers examined the passport provided by the Cambodian man and personnel found that it didn’t match with these of the registered account proprietor. The financial institution workers alerted the police, who shortly took the Cambodian man into custody.
The deputy police chief added that the Cambodian suspect has been charged with entering Thailand without permission on prime of the possible charges for financial institution fraud.
Investigators revealed that this was not the primary try that the group had made to withdraw money from this account. The suspects had tried several instances to pull cash from the account but by no means had the correct paperwork required.
The police suspect that the account belongs to a bunch of call-centre scammers. They imagine the boys making an attempt to withdraw from the account are additionally linked to the scam gang. Police are at present accumulating proof as they expand their inquiry.
This latest incident highlights the continuing drawback of fraud in Thailand, which has become an rising concern in latest times. A new cybercrime legislation was enacted on Friday, March 17, deeming that those who open a bank account or register a SIM card for a third party for unlawful use will face jail time and/or a fantastic..