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BANGKOK (The Nation / ANN): A Filipino citizen and a Thai woman have been arrested for running a company that allegedly scammed people into investing in a loan business from an office here.
Pol immigration chief Lt. Gen. Sompong Chingduang said on Wednesday (November 18) that 30-year-old Filipina Liny Paengkusan Camaono and 22-year-old Thanyares Saiyanoi were arrested in the Asoke area of Bangkok.
“Immigration police acted on a tip from Filipino victims living in Thailand that the company called Filipino Cooperative Investment Loan, which was registered by the two suspects, had allegedly scammed them into investing in a boasting loan business to give 15% profit within a month, “he said.
“The company had been advertising through online media and accumulated more than 700 victims. A preliminary investigation revealed that it had a revolving investment of more than Bt50 million per month, ”Sompong said.
“The company would pay the profits as promised in the first months, but then it would stop and cut off all contact with the victims,” he said.
“Liny was widely known as the ‘Queen of Scammers’ in the Philippine media, while the estimated damage to victims caused by her company is 116 million pesos, or 75 million Bt,” Sompong added.
After the arrest, the two suspects were taken to the Economic Crimes Suppression Division for questioning and charges. – The Nation / Asia News Network
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