Aussie couple busted in Phuket for stealing 2.5 million from Chinese victim
Aussie couple busted in Phuket for stealing 2.5 million from Chinese victim
3rd June 2023
In Phuket, an Australian couple was busted after allegedly stealing 2.5 million baht in a scam on May 31. Gao Jianjia, a 35 year old Chinese national, reported the incident to the Phaholyothin Police on May 29. He had posted online that he was interested in purchasing digital money through Binance, and a suspect contacted him via the Telegram application and agreed to buy for the sum of 2.5 million baht.
The two parties arranged a meeting at a bank in Bangkok’s Lad Phrao district, where Jianjia withdrew 2.5 million baht in cash from his account. He then met with a male foreigner. The foreigner claimed to be a representative, and received the bag of money as confirmed in their online chat. He put the bag of money on a chair near him, The Phuket Express reported.
However, while Jianjia was waiting for the digital money to be transferred into his account, the bag of money vanished. The male foreigner denied any knowledge of its whereabouts before fleeing the scene.
Upon reviewing CCTV footage, police identified a foreign woman taking the bag in the bank. It appears that the foreign couple worked in tandem to steal the bag of money before escaping to Phuket. The Metropolitan Police Bureau informed TPN Media on June 2 that they arrested 28 year old Hinson Lily Jay, and 47 year old Galletly Joseph, both Australian nationals. The couple was apprehended near the Thalang Police Station on May 31.
https://thethaiger.com/news/pattaya/aus ... money-scam
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Does that even merit being called a scam? Scams are supposed to be some sort of elaborate cunning trick, these morons just committed a regular old theft.
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