BANGKOK – Following a tip-off about an Asian man suspected of working and residing illegally in Thailand, immigration officers conducted an investigation and identified Mr. Duan , a 42-year-old Chinese national living in a condominium in the Ramkhamhaeng district of Bangkok, who had a fraud case in China.
Samut Sakhon Immigration Police monitored Mr. Duan’s behavior and found that he frequently left the residential compound to pick up groups of Chinese tourists and take them to their accommodations. He also coordinated various locations in a private tour style, targeting Chinese tourists who came on business and preferred privacy and shunned conventional tour companies.
After gathering enough evidence of his illegal activities, the officers approached Mr. Duan while he was helping customers check in at a luxury hotel in the Ratchadaphisek area. Upon inspection, they found that his residence permit for the Kingdom had expired on February 3, 2024. He was charged and arrested for “working without authorization and overstaying his visa”
In addition, coordination with the Chinese security authorities revealed that Mr. Duan has a criminal record for fraud in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. In January 2023, he posed as a regional sales manager of a wine company and contacted several retailers with an offer to sell high-end rare wines at a special 10-percent discount, convincing them to transfer nearly 2 million yuan (about 10 million baht) to his bank account. He did not deliver the wines and broke off all contact with the victims.
As a result, the Public Security Bureau in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, issued an arrest warrant and revoked his passport. The Thai police arrested Mr. Duan and handed him over to immigration investigators for prosecution.
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