BANGKOK: Four “rich Malaysian investors” from a transnational scam syndicate were arrested for allegedly cheating a 56-year-old Thai woman under the guise of wanting to purchase her resort in Chiang Mai.
Thai Tourist Police deputy chief Maj Gen Surachet Hakpan said the Malaysian men, aged between 49 and 74, deceived the victim into losing a large sum of cash in a gamble and into owing them 14mil baht (RM1.75mil).
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