Over 200 victims complained to the Cyber ??Police about buying gold online but not receiving it as agreed, resulting in over 80 million baht in damages.
The Foundation for Social Justice Foundation team brought more than 200 victims to the Technology Crime Suppression Division (Cyber ??Police) to file a complaint against ‘Bainad’ after they bought gold through an online live broadcast channel, using an app, but did not receive the gold as agreed.
One of the victims revealed that she suffered damages after buying and selling 1 baht of gold bars for 33,000 baht last May. The reason for ordering was because Ms. Bai Naat used to work with a famous person and there were buyers and sellers who actually received gold. She believed it and ordered but did not receive the gold as scheduled. She tried to follow up and ask for it, but the seller kept evading, claiming that they were waiting for the product from the factory and the list was continuously missing. Until there was news of fraud, she went to file a police
report.
Initial information shows that there are more than 500 victims. Today, more than 200 of them have come to file complaints. The police have separated the victims into 2 groups: those who have already filed complaints and those who have not yet filed complaints.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Jirawat Payungtham, Deputy Commander of the Technology Crime Investigation Police, Acting Commander of the Technology Crime Investigation Police, revealed that the Cyber ??Police will gather all victims under the responsibility of creating a single case file. They will gradually question the victims, who have filed complaints totaling more than 200 people today. The rest will be called in for further questioning later. The victims can immediately file a complaint with the Cyber ??Police.
Regarding the behavior of the accused, Pol. Col. Nipol Boonkerd said that initially, they would deceive the victims into buying gold through social media at a cheap price. If they bought more, the price of gold would be cheaper, depending on th
e promotion they bought. The victims received the real product, which led to many people believing it. However, later, when they bought more, they did not receive the gold as specified. It was a money-turning scheme, taking money from the latter group of victims to pay the first group. When the money-turning was not fast enough to match the trading volume, it resulted in a loss and the gold could not be sent to customers.
Mr. Ronnarong Kaewpetch, President of the Foundation for the Restoration of Justice in Society, spoke by phone with one of the victims who had thought about committing suicide because he lost all his money to this vendor. He believes that all the evidence and the behavior of the accused are in the category of defrauding the public and using the information into the computer system. After this, the police will send the evidence to the Anti-Money Laundering Office to investigate and seize assets according to the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
Source: Thai News Agency