Six charged over online theft from shop owner’s bank account
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Ayutthaya police Thursday paraded six Ratchaburi-based gangsters arrested for allegedly luring a car accessory shop owner to supply information which they used to steal Bt986,700 from his Kasikornbank account in online transactions.
Suspects Ekkapoj Rattanakorn, 29, Pattanarossapong Kansit, 33, three 18-year-old accomplices and one 17-year-old youth were presented to a press conference by Ayutthaya police chief Pol Maj-General Sutthi Poungpikul.
It is alleged the six used information provided by shop owner Phansutee Meeleukij, 28, to get another SIM card for his cellphone to make the transactions. Five cellphones seized as evidence were also displayed Thursday.
The six initially faced charges of conspiring to steal and document forgery in relation to Phansutee's case, in which the youngsters allegedly split around Bt200,000 each among themselves.
Police also revealed that the gang allegedly had carried out similar scams on eight previous occasions in various provinces.
The case came to light after 28-year-old Phansutee filed a police complaint at the Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya Police Station on July 31 that, soon after his cellphone service was cut off, someone used Internet banking to withdraw Bt986,700 from his account.
