Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, told a press conference on Tuesday that a man had been arrested for faking a LINE account in order to deceive police officers. The suspect was identified as Phaichit Saiya, 40, who has been accused of cheating the six officers out of a combined Bt4 million. Surachet would not name the six victims of the scam, saying merely that they were officers from the Provincial Police Bureau 4 and the Immigration Bureau. They will face criminal charges of supporting another person to commit a crime, as well as a disciplinary investigation into their actions. One of them paid Bt2.5 million in seeking promotion from the post of inspector to deputy chief of a division, the deputy commissioner added.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 22, 2018 08:26 UTC