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Scam probe finds most foreigners used fake names
The Nation October 29, 2014 1:00 am
A police probe into Nong Bua Lamphu's fake marriage scam, in which 600 Thai women's names were sold for foreign men for use for immigration purposes, has found that most foreigners involved used fake names, an informed source reported yesterday.
The Immigration Police Command 4 (Nakhon Ratchasima) that initially probed the case has urged their Udon Thani-based counterparts to check any foreigners who may be involved. If found guilty, the expats' visas would be revoked, they would face legal action and they could be blacklisted from re-entering the country, the source said. Police suspected some might be involved in transnational drug trafficking.
A female former official at Tambon Noen Sang municipality, who was implicated by the former registrar in the scam, has dismissed claims she was a mastermind and supplied Thai women's names for fake marriages with foreign men. She said she had no knowledge of any wrongdoing, and did not get paid for keying in the information for the former registrar.
The Nation October 29, 2014 1:00 am
A police probe into Nong Bua Lamphu's fake marriage scam, in which 600 Thai women's names were sold for foreign men for use for immigration purposes, has found that most foreigners involved used fake names, an informed source reported yesterday.
The Immigration Police Command 4 (Nakhon Ratchasima) that initially probed the case has urged their Udon Thani-based counterparts to check any foreigners who may be involved. If found guilty, the expats' visas would be revoked, they would face legal action and they could be blacklisted from re-entering the country, the source said. Police suspected some might be involved in transnational drug trafficking.
A female former official at Tambon Noen Sang municipality, who was implicated by the former registrar in the scam, has dismissed claims she was a mastermind and supplied Thai women's names for fake marriages with foreign men. She said she had no knowledge of any wrongdoing, and did not get paid for keying in the information for the former registrar.
