Suvarnabhumi Airport: Dreams shattered, 250 Thai workers chartered a car to the airport in vain, hoping to work abroad, but ended up with no tickets, gathered to file a police report, fearing they were scammed out of 12 million baht.
According to Thai News Agency, at 9:00 p.m., reporters reported that at the front of Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station, on the 1st floor of the passenger terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Samut Prakan Province, there was a group of almost 50 Thai workers, both men and women, carrying suitcases and gathering to ask for help from officials after transferring money to a young woman so that she could go to work in agriculture and industry abroad. The departure date was set at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 10:00 p.m. last night. However, when the time was near, they went to check their return tickets and did not find any booking information. Therefore, they came to file a complaint. Officers from the Suvarnabhumi Airport Special Operations Division and the Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station were on hand to facilitate.
Ms. Salinthipp, one of the victims from Buriram Province, said that her son was contacted by an acquaintance who told her by word of mouth that he would work in agriculture, which offered good income. So she agreed and transferred 60,000 baht to Ms. Oi, who claimed to be a representative to find workers to work. They agreed to fly that night. So they traveled to Suvarnabhumi Airport, but when they arrived, they did not find any flight tickets booked. When she asked Ms. Oi, she was told that she could not contact the person who accepted the job and received the money. There are about 250 victims.
Like Mr. Thanayut, 36 years old, from Sakon Nakhon Province, who transferred 120,000 baht and rented a car to travel from Sakon Nakhon Province. He confirmed that he was invited by Ms. Oi, and transferred money through Ms. Oi in the hope of getting him a job. The invitation stated that if he went to work, he would receive an average salary of 70,000 baht per month, and that he would have to pay expenses totaling over 200,000 baht, but that he would have to pay 120,000 baht first, with the rest deducted from his salary. He believed it because word of mouth said that he could really get him a job. Many people had already gone there, so he believed it and transferred the money to Ms. Oi. They arranged to meet at the airport that night to travel. He waited since morning until it was almost time to return, but there was no flight or airplane ticket.
While Ms. Oi, the broker who arranged the victims, invited the victims to work in Austria and received money transferred through her account, she also came to file a daily record, claiming that she was also a victim and said that she knew a person named Fa who invited her to find Thais to work abroad and would receive a compensation of 2,000 baht per person. As for those who would go to work, they would have to pay travel expenses of 30,000-60,000 baht, or for some people 100,000 to 150,000 baht, depending on the length of time they would be working. So she told her relatives and siblings. If anyone was interested, they had to send documents and transfer the fee through her. She would withdraw the money and documents from the victims to Ms. Fa, who claimed to work at the embassy and made an appointment to give a check to Ms. Fa in front of the embassy, which included 250 victims and the money deposited through a check to Ms. Fa was over 12 million baht. Ms. Fa said that she would arrange the entire trip, whic h was scheduled to depart tonight, and only required the victims to show their passports at the airline counter. So she made an appointment for all the victims to meet here.
The police have come out to advise the group of victims. Initially, the victims must file a complaint with the local police investigator where the money was transferred. However, since there are a large number of victims and the value of the damage is high, it is recommended that the group of victims gather to file a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division investigators to facilitate the preparation of the case file.
All victims gathered to file a complaint with the investigation officers at the Crime Suppression Division on Monday, January 6, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.