Police arrested for stealing money from parents of youth golfers under the pretext of organizing a tournament.

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Police from the Crime Suppression Division arrested “Nat”, the accused according to an arrest warrant. Fraudulently defrauded parents of youth golfers out of money to compete in the US Kids tournament and sold golf rangefinders. Ordered and didn’t receive it.

In the case of 24 parents of Thai youth golfers filing complaints. Consumer Protection Crime Suppression Division The Central Investigation Bureau on Dec. 4, 2023, prosecuted Mr. N., the golf tournament organizer. Tricked into paying to compete in a US Kids competition in Scotland. and tricked them into investing in buying golf range scopes to sell The perpetrator claims to have invested 500,000 baht and will sell the products himself. Just waiting for a share of the profits. But when you give money In the end, there was no real investment in buying products to sell.

There is also a scam selling golf rangefinders. and simulators When parents are interested in buying one for their child to practice with. and contact the company of the perpetrator which
sells products related to golf It has been properly registered since 2019. In the early days, there were people who ordered and received the real thing. therefore reliable When the injured person ordered products in the amount of 8 hundred thousand baht from 31 August 2023 until now, they have not received the products. and when checking the price of the ordered products It was found that the price was only 4 hundred thousand baht, with approximately 10-20 victims who were deceived into buying this device.

Most recently yesterday (21 Feb.) Police from the Crime Suppression Division regarding Consumer Protection Arrest Mr. Nutt The accused according to the Criminal Court’s arrest warrant No. 4756/2566 dated 21 December 2023, alleging that “jointly defrauding the public and dishonestly or deceitfully importing false computer data into the computer system” fled to stay at a house in the area of ??Ba Subdistrict, Tha Tum District, Surin Province, and was taken to Krapho Police Station. Surin Province in order to
prepare a record of the arrest and send it to the investigating officers of Division 2 of the Crime Suppression Division for prosecution.

Source: Thai News Agency