About 40 women show up at the Anti Human Trafficking Division in Bangkok on Thursday to file a complaint about job placement fraud they say cost them about 1 million baht. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)More than 100 people who booked trips to Japan or Turkey, and masseuses seeking jobs in the Maldives have lost several million baht in total to tour organisers they accuse of fraud. Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy commissioner of Tourist Police, said Thursday police had arrested Apinporn Pongpreechawong, 47, on Wednesday for allegedly tricking 35 people out of 1.08 million baht paid for a promised nine-day trip to Turkey. The intending travellers told police they booked their trip with Ms Apinporn through social media and were told the cost was 31,000 baht each. They paid 1.18 million for the trip but were abandoned at a restaurant in Osaka, after they were unable to pay the bill for their tour bus.

Source: Bangkok Post April 19, 2018 10:30 UTC