Tag: Credit cards
BoT: not a lot of people know debit cards can be...
BANGKOK - The national bank has recently revealed that a large number of Thais don't know that they can use debit cards in the...
3 foreign men arrested in Phuket for forgery of credit cards
PHUKET, 16 April 2013 – 3 foreign men have been arrested in this southern resort province for forgery of credit cards. The men...
Honest beer bar owner turns in foreigner’s wallet
Not every wallet lost in a Pattaya bar remains lost. Ratchadaporn Sangvibut, owner of the Bodega Bar on Soi Post Office, went to...
Norwegian robbed of 60,000 baht by Jomtien bargirl
A Norwegian man was robbed of more than 60,000 baht in cash and electronics by a working girl he took back to his hotel...
2 French members of suspected credit-card fraud ring arrested in Pattaya
Regional and immigration police captured two French nationals who allegedly used counterfeit credit cards to steal more than 10 million baht from Thai...
Neighboring guest suspected in hotel room burglary
Police suspect a Moroccan tourist is behind last month’s burglary at a South Pattaya hotel. Nearly 500,000 baht in...
Credit cards for farmers to be launched by Nov 1
BANGKOK, Sept 8 - The Yingluck government's programme to offer credit cards for farmers will be launched by Nov 1, fulfilling one of...
2 Lithuanians arrested in fake credit card scam
Transnational crime police arrested two Lithuanians who were allegedly using forged credit cards in a shopping spree across the region. Vaidotas...
Fake Credit card gang arrested by the Transnational Coordination Crime Centre
At 2 p.m on the 27th of August police presented a Lithuanian credit card fraudster to the press. This followed the...
Russian man guilty of credit card fraud
On the afternoon of August the 2nd the fraud protection team at the Siam Commercial Bank alerted police that a foreigner had attempted to...
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