Patong –
A man was arrested in Patong for opening a bank account, called a horse bank account, for investment scheme scammers in which he received 1,000 baht for his job.
The Central Investigation Bureau told the Phuket Express that earlier this week they arrested a suspect identified only as Mr. Chaiyapong, 29, from Phuket, at a house in Patong. He is being accused of fraud by importing false information into computer systems which caused damages to others.
The arrest follows after two years ago in which many victims were persuaded by scammers to work in online advertising by sharing products posted on social media.
The fake company asked victims to transfer a small amount of money to them to confirm their bank accounts for payroll before they can start their jobs to the suspect’s bank account (horse bank account). There were total losses of 100,000 Baht. After that, the scammer told victims that the victim processed the account wrong and that the victims needed to transfer more money.
Victims were curious and tried to further contact the scammers for a refund but failed before they filed reports to police.
