Surveillance and Intelligence Division of the DSI arrested alleged offenders jointly using fake electronic cards causing over 10 million baht damage

Surveillance and Intelligence Division of the DSI arrested alleged offenders jointly using fake electronic cards causing over 10 million baht damage

       On August 9, 2021, the DSI by its officials of the Surveillance and Intelligence Division arrested Mr.Kongchat Bamrungthai (a key alleged offender in the special case no.10/2550) wanted on the Minburi Provincial Court's arrest warrant no.544/2551 dated March 14, 2008, in the offence of jointly using counterfeit electronic cards (the card issued to a person who is entitled to use it for the benefit of paying for goods, services or other debts instead of paying by cash) with the others, 5 persons in total.

       This special case, from September 19, 2006 to October 3, 2006, Mr.Kongchat Bamrungthai (the alleged offender), the others, and Mr.Sumet Sae-ui (previously arrested by the DSI), jointly used a fake electronic card (a credit card) to swipe it through a credit card machine at the shop named Cherd Baan Air, Lam Phak Chi Subdistrict, Nong Chok District, Bangkok for the Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited to transfer money for various credit card transactions with damage over 10 million baht. Then, the money was transferred from the account of Cherd Baan Air to the account planned by the alleged offender group. The act of the alleged offender is the offences under Section 269/4, Section 269/7, and Section 83 of the Criminal Code. The DSI received the said case to investigate as its special case no.10/2550 and gather evidence before requesting the Minburi Provincial Court’s arrest warrant against Mr.Kongchat Bamrungthai for the said offences.

       Later, the team of the Surveillance and Intelligence Division of the DSI discovered that Mr.Kongchat Bamrungthai resides at the house no.108/1, Pansornyotha Road, Rua Yai Subdistrict, Muang District, Suphan Buri Province. The team then arrested him on August 9, 2021, before delivering him to the special case inquiry official team of the Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime Bureau for legal proceedings. On August 10, 2021, the special case inquiry official took him to the Central Special Correctional Institution for detention according to the resolution of the meeting of the Centre for the Administration of the Situation, due to the Outbreak of the Communicable Disease Coronavirus 2019, on the changes of the detention place of newly entering alleged offenders from the Bangkok Remand Prison.

       The DSI commits itself to investigating, inquiring, preventing, and suppressing special crimes for providing justice to the people. Due to the epidemic situation of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), the DSI has implemented measures to work from home 100% in accordance with the regulation issued under Section 9 of the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations, B.E. 2548 (2005) (no.28). If people need to contact the DSI, they can communicate through the website www.dsi.go.th and click the “Complaint, Denunciation, Whistleblower” banner for its special case inquiry officials to collect evidence and take legal action.

Dated August 11, 2021