Scammer posing as senior cop to lure victims out of B150m nabbed
Chonwicha Pansamut, 32, a call centre scammer posing as a senior police officer to dupe victims, is arrested in Wang Noi district, Ayutthaya. A phone scam gang member who masqueraded…
Govt to recapitalise Thai Airways with B10bn
Thai Airways International planes at Suvarnabhumi airport. The government will need to raise 10 billion baht to recapitalise financially ailing Thai Airways International (THAI) to keep its shareholding in the…
Sunak looks set to become next UK PM after Johnson quits race
Britain’s Conservative MP Rishi Sunak leaves his home address in London Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain’s next prime minister after his rival Boris Johnson quit the race, admitting…
UK’s Johnson, Sunak meet amid private battle for Tory leadership
Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP, Rishi Sunak leaves his home in London on October 22, 2022. Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from…
Businessman killed in crash with turning truck
The BMW sedan was totally destroyed in the crash with a trailer truck making a U-turn on Highway 31 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district on Thursday night. The driver…
One of 6 foreign suspects in Samui extortion case arrested
Andrey Nizhegorodtsev, 37, a Kazakhstan national, one of six foreign men accused of extortion by a Russian business couple on Koh Samui, after his arrest in Chon Buri. One of…
In cybercrime case, assets worth more than B200m seized from crypto firm CEO
Cybercrime police have seized assets worth over 200 million baht from the CEO of P Miner Cryptocurrency Group Co and his girlfriend who are wanted for public fraud. The seizure…
Young Thai crypto investors “doomed” by get-rich-quick idea: NESDC
Young Thai crypto investors ‘doomed’ by get-rich-quick idea: NESDC Young Thais investing in cryptocurrencies risk big losses due to their get-rich-quick attitude and lack of experience and knowledge. That was…
YouTuber’ accused of B2bn investment fraud
A “popular YouTuber” has been accused of duping people into investing about 2 billion baht in a fraudulent securities investment scheme. Lawyer Phaisarn Ruangrit on Wednesday led 30 victims to…
Business group starts landscaping, other improvements
Representatives of downtown Bangkok businesses gathered at Thaniya Plaza building on Silom road on Wednesday to unveil their newly formed We Love Silom Association. They announced their intention to improve…