Two arrested for allegedly luring flood donors to credit their account
Two suspects have been arrested for stealing donation money via their manipulation with a television programme's cellphone services.
The suspects were identified as Rungroj Maddeen, 31, and Marisa Ranjuanjit, 25.
Police said Rungroj pleaded guilty to the charges of public fraud.
Rungroj said he contacted the cellphone-service operator claiming that he was a crewman for the “Ratcharot Ma Koey” programme, which was produced by the Workpoint Entertainment, and needed to transfer calls to another cellphone number because his cellphone battery ran out.
“The programme has asked for donations to buy boats for flood victims. When calls were transferred to Rungroj’s cell phone, he gave them the bank account’s number of his relative’s instead,” Crime Suppression Division commander Maj General Supisal Pakdeenareunart said. Marisa is Rungroj’s relative.
The real crew for the TV programme soon found out what happened, and filed complaint with police.
the Nation
