BTS Ticket Scam Victims Question Missing Donation Funds
BTS ticket scam victims are demanding answers about donations collected by a group representative for a Parliament trip, with some claiming only a fraction of the 20,000 baht raised was actually spent. The representative has faced further a
BANGKOK — An online dispute has erupted among members of a victim group in an alleged BTS concert ticket scam, with some participants demanding an inquiry into donations collected by a group representative to fund a trip to Parliament. The controversy intensified after social media users linked the representative to allegations from an unrelated fundraising case last year.
The group formed after hundreds of people reported being defrauded in connection with BTS concert ticket sales, with total losses estimated at several million baht. Victims organised through a Line OpenChat group to monitor the case, gather evidence and coordinate police complaints across multiple jurisdictions before seeking assistance from Members of Parliament from the People's Party.
On 11 June, several representatives submitted a petition and held a press conference at Parliament. One representative, identified publicly as "Rinrin", helped coordinate the effort and participated in the briefing.
Following the petition, however, some members questioned how donations collected before the trip had been managed. According to complainants, Rinrin accepted contributions through a bank account belonging to her boyfriend, stating the money would cover travel and related expenses. Victims reportedly donated a combined total of about 20,000 baht.
Some donors later alleged that actual expenses totalled only about 3,000 baht and called for detailed accounting of the funds and return of the remaining balance.
Complainants alleged that Rinrin initially said the remaining money would be refunded in stages but later left the group's chat without doing so. They also claimed that case updates were sometimes shared only with donors and that Rinrin repeatedly sought financial support for various expenses, sometimes expressing disappointment when assistance was not provided.
Some members further alleged that other representatives who travelled to Parliament received no reimbursement for travel or fuel costs despite participating in the petition, while one representative from another province was reimbursed only for a round-trip bus fare.
Separately, some social media users have claimed that Rinrin is the same person accused in an unrelated savings mobilisation scheme last year involving alleged losses of about 926,640 baht. Those online claims also alleged funds from the scheme were used for gambling and victims have not been repaid.
Other unverified posts alleged that the individual later changed her name and had previously faced legal proceedings. None of these claims has been independently verified, and no official confirmation has been provided by authorities.
As of 8 July, Rinrin had not publicly responded to allegations regarding the donations or claims circulating online. Several victim group members have called on her to issue a public explanation to address the concerns.
