Songkhla, Crime Suppression Division and Investigation Division 9 arrested a woman who owned a mule account. She planned to pretend to be a nail salon customer and lure her out to be arrested. She claimed she was unaware, but was tricked just like her because she had previously borrowed money online.
The Crime Suppression Division police, together with the Investigation Division 9 police, planned to arrest Ms. Nichakan, 24 years old, from Songkhla, a nail technician who provided services to customers outside of her premises because she did not have a physical store and was the owner of a mule account that was used to deceive customers into buying and selling online. An arrest warrant was issued by the Ratchaburi Provincial Court on February 1, 2024. Officers posed as customers and contacted Ms. Nichakan to have her nails done outside of her premises. They arranged to meet in Soi Patipat, Phetkasem Road, Khuan Lang Municipality, Hat Yai District.
When Ms. Nichakan rode her motorcycle to the meeting point an
d met the undercover agent who was posing as a customer, another police team showed themselves to arrest her and showed her the arrest warrant. Ms. Nichakan was confused about what the arrest warrant was for. She claimed that she had never done anything wrong before and had never opened an account for anyone. The officers then informed her that she was the owner of the mule account that was used to trick victims into buying and selling online, and that the victims had filed a complaint at Wat Phleng Police Station in Ratchaburi Province. She then remembered and denied to the police that she had nothing to do with the case and that she had been an online victim. This matter probably came from being tricked into borrowing money online several months ago and losing 300 baht.
The story is that at that time, I was in financial trouble, so I contacted a financial service provider to borrow money online and sent various documents such as my ID card to them. The other party asked me to transfer a fee of 300 baht. As
soon as I transferred the money, it was immediately blocked. I didn’t get the money and had to pay another 300 baht. Therefore, it is likely a result of that incident where my account was tricked into being used as a mule account. Initially, the officers charged Ms. Nichakan according to the arrest warrant for fraud against the public, etc. and sent her to Wat Phleng Police Station, Ratchaburi Province, according to the arrest warrant to give a statement to the gardener. When Ms. Nichakan found out that she had to travel all the way to Ratchaburi Province, she immediately became discouraged because it was a long journey and she had to go as a suspect.
Source: Thai News Agency