9,000 set to face fraud charges
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published : 1 Feb 2021 at 04:30
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Police will summon about 9,000 suspects accused of colluding to defraud the Rao Tiew Duay Kan tourism stimulus package this week.
According to a source at the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), the suspects are from all 77 provinces across the country, and the CSD will send guidelines for its probe to police in each province to summon the suspects for questioning. According to the CSD, hotel operators and individuals have colluded to swindle 1.7 billion baht from the Rao Tiew Duay Kan tourism stimulus package by using social media to make fraudulent claims.
The CSD s probe showed that hotels, especially those operating in Chaiyaphum and Phuket, exploited the Rao Tiew Duay Kan, or We Travel Together, scheme. Some reports said some hotels made false financial claims. The CSD is investigating cases of fraud at 55 hotels in Chaiyaphum and Phuket, according to a source. Fifty suspects wo