Psycho dismantled an operation selling faux pink licence plates across Thailand. Two suspects have been apprehended, one of whom is reportedly a authorities officer. The suspects were captured following a raid on a residence yielding substantial proof. The apprehension comes on the again of numerous reviews of automobiles with fraudulent red plates evading toll booth fees.
Major General Worawat Vatnakhonbancha, the head of the Traffic Police Division, at present ordered an intensive investigation. A 37 yr old man, identified only as Atiruj, was caught committing forgery and fraudulently importing into a pc system distorted or solid knowledge, which is prone to cause harm to the general public in accordance with Section 14 of the Computer Crime Act BE 2550.
Atiruj’s apprehension occurred at a residence in Nong Samet sub-district, Mueang district, Trat province. The sting was led by cyber police following a quantity of situations of vehicles with counterfeit plates bypassing toll cubicles without cost. Subsequent investigations revealed a web-based scheme promoting pretend registration plates and vehicle handbooks was operating via a Facebook page named ‘ขายป้ายแดงพร้อมเล่ม.’ The counterfeit objects, not issued by the Department of Land Transport, had been priced between 3,500 and 8,500 baht (US$101 to US$245), reported KhaoSod.
Further investigations traced the Facebook page’s administrator to a 35 12 months old man named Sivapat. A warrant was promptly issued, resulting in Sivapat’s arrest in Saraburi province. Skyrocket of the investigation revealed Atiruj, residing in Trat Province, was an accomplice concerned in fulfilling orders.
Upon interrogation, Atiruj confessed to buying the counterfeit license plates and automobile handbooks from Sivapat by way of Facebook, for a price of 3,500 baht per set. Following this, he would distribute the gadgets to prospects across Thailand using a private delivery company. Although he admitted to having done this multiple times, Atiruj maintained that he was unaware the license plates have been pretend.
The two had been discovered working together to fulfil orders, with Sivapat managing the Facebook page and Atiruj in cost of deliveries. Sivapat is reportedly an officer of a provincial administrative organisation, while Atiruj is a human security and social improvement officer..