Phone donor scam suspects arrested,镀锌铁丝
Published: 3/12/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
Two people have been arrested for allegedly rigging the telephone lines of several call centres for flood donors and diverting an estimated 5 million baht to themselves, police said.
Rungroj Maddeen, 31,涂塑电焊网, and his half-sister Marisa Ranjuanjit, 25, of Nakhon Si Thammarat, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a phone scam which tricked flood donors into transferring money to their bank accounts. RATTASEEMA PONGSAN
Rungroj Maddeen, 31, and his half-sister Marisa Ranjuanjit,Wire Mesh Fence, 25, were nabbed after Workpoint Entertainment,chain link fence, a media company,不锈钢生丝, asked the Crime Suppression Division to track down a gang which had tampered with its telephone system to steal the donated money.
The company detected something unusual shortly after it started raising funds for the flood victims on Oct 24 through its television programme Ratcharot Ma Koey.
The audience was encouraged to call the contact centre to donate. But after a week no calls had been made.
A Workpoint Entertainment staff member made a call to the number displayed on the programme and found it had been redirected to an unidentified person who posed as a company representative.
The company changed the telephone number, only for the line to be meddled with again. Losses were estimated at up to 1 million baht.
CSD commander Pol Maj Gen Supisarn Phakdeenaruenart said yesterday the suspects were believed to have tampered with the hotlines of at least two television programmes that raised funds for flood victims.
As well as Ratcharot Ma Koey, news talk programme Khao Khon Kon Khao, was also targetted. Both programmes are aired on Monday to Friday on Mcot Plc’s Channel 9.
Pol Maj Gen Supisarn said the suspects admitted tampering with the phone lines of several other programmes broadcast on local cable television stations.
Mr Rungroj told police investigators that he made off with about 80,steel fence,000 baht and spent it on drugs and other items.
However,沟盖板, Pol Maj Gen Supisarn said police would have to check with banks to find out how much the suspects had stolen.
Initially police has estimated the total theft amount at about 5 million baht.
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