A Chinese couple hiding in Thailand, living a luxurious life on the surface, with villas, luxury cars, luxury bags, watches...
But behind the scenes, a shocking scam was being carried out, and more than 200,000 people were deceived into investing more than 10 billion baht (approximately 2.05 billion yuan) in cryptocurrency on fake platforms!
All they make is dirty money, and all they eat are steamed buns with human blood.
If someone hadn't complained and uncovered the scandal, perhaps this couple would still be at large in Thailand and enjoying life.
Fake identity to defraud cryptocurrency investment of 7.17 million,
After being reported and complained, the Thai government ordered a strict investigation
Recently, Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) received complaints that criminals used false identities to approach victims and then tricked them into going to fake platforms to trade and invest in cryptocurrencies and various assets.
The complainant stated that the amount involved amounted to 35 million baht (approximately 7.17 million yuan).
This dark incident quickly attracted the attention of the Thai government.
According to the "World Journal" report, on May 31, 2023, the Director of the Thai National Police ordered a number of subordinate officials to work with personnel from the Thai Money Laundering Office, Immigration Bureau and other departments to implement a policy called "Trust No One" (meaning "Trust No One"). Operation "Umbrella to Destroy All Criminal Gangs" raided multiple dens in Bangkok.
In Bangkok’s Prawet luxury villa area alone, the police set up as many as five search points, mostly in two-story villas.
A Chinese couple was captured at the scene.
3.07 million in cash, banknotes and property title deeds were found
The amount involved may reach 2.05 billion, and more than 200,000 people were defrauded
In one of the villas, the police arrested a 31-year-old Chinese man Su and his 25-year-old wife Li. They seized more than 15 million baht (approximately 3.07 million yuan) in cash and banknotes worth more than 60 million baht (approximately 12.29 million yuan) on the spot. RMB) real estate title deeds, four luxury apartments in Sukhumvit (valued at approximately 128 million baht, or 26.22 million yuan), 14 Bearbrick bears, 6 iPhones, several laptops and tablets, and multiple international brands. Bag……
In the villa area, the police also followed the lead and searched 16 other suspicious locations related to the two men. Once again, luxury cars, real estate title deeds, and some cash and banknotes were seized...
At the case press conference, the police stated that the amount of crimes committed by the two men may exceed 10 billion baht (approximately 2.05 billion yuan), and the number of victims has reached 200,000, but the specific number is still unable to be counted.
Thai media said that this Chinese couple had almost no attention before, but they did such things and hid them deeply in society.
The Thai police has stepped up its crackdown on the gray industry chain.
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Regarding the specific scams and deceptions of "cryptocurrency", the police will announce them after the investigation is completed.
However, judging from the current action trends of the Thai police, Thailand’s crackdown on gray industry chains has shifted from conventional industries to digital industries, and has upgraded from offline crackdowns to online tracking.
Especially after receiving reports from victims, the police will launch crackdowns and continue to follow up.
Although Thailand has become the first choice for Chinese people to travel to Southeast Asia this year, the chaos hidden under the "prosperity" cannot be underestimated, and Chinese people traveling to Thailand should still be careful.