NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A young man is in custody after job-seekers were duped into paying brokerage fees online in exchange for well-paid jobs as fruit pickers in South Korea.
Ten people in Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen and Chaiyaphum paid brokerage fees totalling 212,000 baht in hopes of obtaining the jobs, which never materialised, said Pol Lt Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapat, commander of Provincial Police Region 3.
Police said that Kongphop Pongkamla, 20, of Hua Hin, had used a Facebook page to lure his victims. After the payments were made, he vanished, they said.
The suspect was caught at a relative’s house in Bangkok and later taken to Nakhon Ratchasima, where a warrant had been approved for his arrest.
Senior police officers and labour officials met with some of the victims on Saturday and explained the legal proceedings they intended to carry out.
