A Cambodian national has been arrested by police in Bangkok for utilizing a fake passport to acquire a model new financial institution passbook. The passbook is believed to be for a bank account with 176 million baht in financial savings, which is assumed to belong to a call centre gang.
The police were alerted to the state of affairs on March 24 when it was reported to the Thong Lor Police Station. They have been informed that a international national was making an attempt to make use of a faux passport to obtain a passbook at the Kasikornbank (KBank) branch at EmQuartier shopping mall in Bangkok.
Passbooks are an obsolete transaction tracking technique many of the world abandoned with the rise of Internet banking, however for some reason, they continue to be crucial in Thai banking.
The deputy national police chief revealed details of the investigation on Sunday. He stated four Thai individuals and a Cambodian got here into the bank department to request a model new passbook. They claimed to be the house owners of the KBank account.
However, bank staff examined the passport offered by the Cambodian man and personnel discovered that it didn’t match with these of the registered account owner. The bank workers alerted the police, who shortly took the Cambodian man into custody.
The deputy police chief added that the Cambodian suspect has been charged with entering Thailand without permission on top of the attainable costs for bank fraud.
Investigators revealed that this was not the primary attempt that the group had made to withdraw cash from this account. The suspects had tried several occasions to drag money from the account however never had the right paperwork required.
Members only suspect that the account belongs to a bunch of call-centre scammers. They believe the boys making an attempt to withdraw from the account are additionally linked to the rip-off gang. Police are currently accumulating evidence as they increase their inquiry.
This latest incident highlights the ongoing drawback of fraud in Thailand, which has turn out to be an increasing concern lately. A new cybercrime law was enacted on Friday, March 17, deeming that those that open a bank account or register a SIM card for a 3rd get together for unlawful use will face jail time and/or a fantastic..