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.

A couple have been arrested for allegedly deceiving 19 people into investing a total of Bt16.8 million with promises of high monthly returns, and later ceasing payments to the investors after just three months.

Re: “Russian accused of $28m fraud to be sent to US at FBI request”, Around Thailand, February 21

A Thai court on Wednesday decided to extradite a 47yearold Russian cybercrime suspect, Dmitry Ukrainsky, who is accused of stealing $28.5 million (Bt886 million) from the bank accounts of citizens of several countries, to the US.

A man has been arrested for allegedly defrauding around 100 stock market investors of about Bt50 million, police said.