Police to check on foreigners involved in marriage scam
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Khon Kaen Immigration Police yesterday asked for information from lawyer Worapan Benjaworakul about an alleged scam involving fake marriage registrations in Nong Bua Lamphu's Non Sang district in which some 600 Thai women's names were sold to foreign men
Police will check on the foreign men involved in Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum and Maha Sarakham provinces, Immigration Police inspector Pol Lt-Colonel Anan Thongsuk said. Foreigners on a one-year marriage visa are normally required to report to the police every three months along with their spouses. However, Anan said these “married” men had not reported to police so far and the allegation might have some ground.
An accused former registrar claimed a female official at Tambon Non Sung Municipality had asked him to sign marriage certificates, after which she would give him Bt1,000 or Bt2,000. He said the official claimed to have been contacted by a Bangkok woman who wanted a name list of Thai women for marriage registration to foreigners – and he later found out the official was paid Bt70,000 per case.
