The gang that swindled the insurance money of Ek Saitoe was arrested by the police on the same day that Ek was arrested. Evidence of matching phone numbers was found. The suspects confessed that they got the information from the news.
In the case of Mr. Ek Saitoe, aged 42, who was raided and arrested by Don Mueang Police Station and Metropolitan Police Investigation Division on charges of robbery at night using a knife, taking away title deeds, causing damage to property, causing fear, and carrying a knife in a city, village, or public area openly or without reasonable cause, and has already been detained and detained, there is still the issue that Mr. Ek Saitoe’s relatives were deceived by a call center gang claiming to be a police officer at the level of Deputy Superintendent of Don Mueang Police Station for 20,000 baht in bail money, while Mr. Ek Saitoe was detained on the 3rd floor of Don Mueang Police Station and filed a complaint at Wang Thonglang Police Station.
Today, there was a news report statin
g that after Pol. Col. Sukrit Mangkhalasawat, Superintendent of Don Mueang Police Station, learned of the incident, he ordered the investigation division of Don Mueang Police Station to investigate the information and coordinate with Wang Thonglang Police Station and the Metropolitan Police Bureau. From checking the phone number, it was found that it was in use in Warin Chamrap area, Ubon Ratchathani Province. Therefore, he coordinated with the investigation division of Warin Chamrap Police Station. It was discovered that the suspect in this case was Mr. Wutthichai, aged 38, and was also a person wanted on an arrest warrant by the Phitsanulok Provincial Court for the charge of ‘joint fraud by impersonating someone else’ and had been arrested since July 20 at approximately 11:00 p.m.
As for the fraudulent plan, Mr. Wutthichai will have a way to find information to use in deceiving the victims. He will find information from various news channels on TV and social media that have arrests of suspects in various c
ases and have the names, ranks, and positions of the arresting officers. After that, he will impersonate a police officer who is involved in the case and trick them into asking for the contact number of the suspect’s relatives. Then he will call them, claiming that he is the chief police officer of the arresting team who can help with the case and will have the victims transfer money into several mule accounts that the group of criminals have prepared. It was also found that Mr. Wutthichai used the phone number to call Don Mueang Police Station twice before calling Ek Saitoe’s wife three times, including calling Ek Saitoe’s mother and relatives at around the same time.
From checking the account that Ek Saitoe transferred money from, it is a mule account with the account owner in Rayong Province. The officers are in the process of tracking him down to prosecute him.
Source: Thai News Agency