A Chinese citizen was arrested by the Thai immigration police while trying to board a flight to Singapore. The man, identified as Tianwei, 39, was being sought for his alleged involvement in a fraud with cryptocurrencies valued in more than six million dollars (USD), which occurred in the province of Chiang Rai, Thailand.
The arrest occurred on the morning of June 12 at the Don Mueang airport in Bangkok. According to informationagents deployed in the international departures terminal intercepted Tianwei before he approached the SL100 flight of the Lion Air airline for Singapore.
The operation was carried out after the police received accurate information about the case and their escape attempt.
The case originated on April 30, when two Chinese citizens filed a complaint at the Mae Sai police station, north of Thailand.
As reported through their lawyer, they participated in a business meeting with Tianwei on the 23rd of the same month, during which They agreed to transfer holdings in Bitcoin for a value close to 200 million baht —6.17 million dollars – with the promise of obtaining immediate benefits, something that was never fulfilled.
On May 16, the Provincial Court of Chiang Rai issued an arrest warrant against Tianwei for fraud charges, which gave way to an operation to locate it. Finally, the authorities managed to locate it at the capital city airport.
After verifying his identity as the individual indicated in the court order, Tianwei was arrested without offering resistance and claimed not to have been arrested previously in this case.
After the arrest, he was transferred to the police station of Mae Sai in Thailand, where he will remain in custody while the judicial process against him continues.
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