An Italian who allegedly posed as Hollywood superstar George Clooney to sell clothes online has been arrested with his wife in Thailand after years on the run, police said Sunday.

A female apartment broker has been tracked down and arrested on charge of fraud for swindling prospective tenants, both Thais and foreigners, and landlords out of Bt2.5 million.

Crime Suppression Division police Monday arrested a former chef for allegedly cheating several people of about Bt100,000 each who sought cooking jobs in Japan.

THE CRIMINAL Court yesterday sentenced nine defendants, some of whom are PhD holders, to 10 years in prison for luring students to enrol in the unlicensed World Peace University (WPU) and other related offences.

A Bangkok-based group has rescued 38 felines from a cat cafe in Watcharapol that had been closed since April 3 after the owner, a veterinarian, was reportedly arrested on fraud charges.

ALMOST three in four banks in Asia Pacific anticipate that fraud in their country will increase in 2019, according to a recent poll by FICO, a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company.

BEAUTY EXPERT Xeping Chaiyasan has been charged with fraud but denies any wrongdoing and claims the allegation has been brought against her by people with malicious intent, Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt-General Surachate Hakparn said yesterday.

BANGKOK — Fifteen Japanese men allegedly involved in defrauding Japanese victims out of ¥89 million have been arrested in the outskirts of Pattaya, Thailand, on suspicion of working in the country illegally.

Two Thai citizens and a Chinese man have been arrested for allegedly talking eight Chinese nationals into paying them US$6,000 (about Bt200,000) each for a so-called US entry visa.

A Nepali man has been arrested in Nakhon Phanom for allegedly deceiving 16 compatriots out of more than Bt5 million by promising them jobs in a foreign country.

Lt Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn in his capacity as deputy of the tech police has confirmed that a "rapid report" system was hacked in last weekend's election.

A 52-year-old man on Sunday showed up at a polling station to vote in Pathum Thani province only to find that another person had already voted using his identity card.

THE ELECTION Commission (EC) has set up 35 sub-panels with the authority to examine allegations of electoral fraud and invited 175 experts to be members.

SEVEN foreign criminals have been arrested over the past week in a Thai police crackdown on travel document forgery, fraud and drugs smuggling, Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal said on Monday.

A Chinese national was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on on Monday after using a Thai ID card to operate fraudulent businesses.