Man Arrested for Operating Bank Account in Online Cream Scam Under Fake "Je Laeng" Identity, Defrauding Victims of Nearly 1.7 Million Baht

On May 8, 2025, police officers Abhichon Kankha and Paibuul Phimkamnerd arrested 38-year-old Pradis (known as Tae) at Bangkok Aeon Mall train station in Chatuchak District, based on a warrant from Mae Saruang Provincial Court dated February 6, 2025. He faces charges of abetting organized fraud, impersonation, and allowing unauthorized use of bank accounts and electronic payment systems.

The investigation began in late 2024 when a victim contacted a Facebook page called "Je Laeng" to purchase cream products via Messenger. After transferring payment, the page claimed the victim needed to participate in additional activities before receiving the goods. The victim was added to a Line group where scammers instructed them to make multiple additional transfers, claiming these were activity payments that would be returned once completed. However, the victim ultimately could not withdraw any funds and lost approximately 1.7 million baht before filing a police report at Mae Lak Luang Station in Mae Hong Son Province.

Police traced the bank account used to receive fraudulent transfers to Pradis and obtained an arrest warrant. During interrogation, Pradis confessed that in 2024, while unemployed, a Thai man in his 40s offered him a job as a restaurant server in Bangkok's Bang Sue area. Instead, he was taken by taxi with two others to Aranyaprathet District in Sa Kaew Province, where they illegally crossed into Cambodia. After spending approximately three weeks in Cambodia, Pradis was taken to undergo facial recognition to open four bank accounts. Once he received 9,000 baht in wages, he was sent back to Thailand, where he was eventually arrested. Police are pursuing further legal action.