Mystery at the Thai Football Association as professional thieves steal financial documents

[webfact]

Mystery at the Thai Football Association as professional thieves steal financial documents

 

 

Thieves have broken into the offices of the Football Association of Thailand and stole financial documents in what is being described as a professional hit.

 

INN reports that the thieves cut through the grill on a second floor window and broke into a storage room which contains the association’s financial documents.

 

 

Football Association of Thailand chief Somyot Pumpanmuang said he said he did not know why someone would break in and steal the documents.

 

While it is not known exactly which documents were stolen, police say they believe the theft is the work of professionals.

 

Investigating officer Pol Lt Gen Thirapong Wongratphithak said the thieves covered CCTV cameras with paper in order to hide their tracks. They also stole the server used to operate the CCTV cameras in the building.

 

Pol Lt Gen Thirapong added that no valuables had been taken and that whoever stole the documents were aware of the layout of the building and knew exactly what they were looking for as the room containing the papers had not been ransacked.

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-05-31

 

[petermik]

Well who would have thought it....a "professional" thief no less.....

[scorecard]

4 minutes ago, petermik said:

Well who would have thought it....a "professional" thief no less.....

 

...and targeting theft of the association's financial records...

 

... sounds fishy?

 

 

[Get Real]

Just a staged thing to hide another embezzlement.

[JAG]

Is the Thai Football Association undergoing or about to undergo an investigation?

[Andrew65]

20 minutes ago, JAG said:

Is the Thai Football Association undergoing or about to undergo an investigation?

...and was the purpose of the theft to hide or expose something?!??

 

The TV Detective Agency are gonna have a field day with this one!??

[dabhand]

This may well be connected to a report on the Qatar WC 2022 bid and the corruption linked to it. The report is due to be issued today and Thailand gets an 'honourable' mention.

 

There is an article in the Daily Mail which I cannot link to, but this link to 'The National' in UAE gives a brief mention to a LNG deal involving Thailand.

 

https://www.thenational.ae/world/fifa-under-pressure-after-report-sets-out-qatar-bribes-1.735214

 

The timing seems to be too much of a coincidence for there not to be some kind of a connection.

[rkidlad]

4 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

...and was the purpose theft to hide or expose something?!??

 

The TV Detective Agency are gonna have a field day with this one!??

They will indeed, and you're very welcome not to read it. 

[thaichiro]

Professional because they got PAID... big time! The TFA has always been a cesspool of corruption and waste. I’m sure this “event” coincides with a planned financial review. LOCK ‘EM UP!

[thaichiro]

The real mystery is that they had any financial records AT ALL!!

[r136dg]

The so called thieves should have been ordered to ransack the place and remove some random items to make this just a little more believable. 

[Andrew65]

3 minutes ago, thaichiro said:

The real mystery is that they had any financial records AT ALL!!

"...money for nothing & your chicks for free"☺️

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Mystery at the Thai Football Association as professional thieves steal financial documents

Professional thieves stealing from amateur ones.

 

Love it.

[Andrew65]

I saw recently that the UK Gvt is going to release documents from some banks based in the Cayman Islands.

 

I doubt that it'll just be Russian names/entities on the accounts!

[happydays]

Still, not a problem as all their financial documents are also held on computer & backed up to the cloud. ?

[klauskunkel]

Never fear, Somyot is on the ball... for an own goal. 

 

[Artisi]

51 minutes ago, r136dg said:

The so called thieves should have been ordered to ransack the place and remove some random items to make this just a little more believable. 

Could have then claimed amateur - but professional, well that means something fishy and big time. 

[Juan B Tong]

MEMO

To all agencies who receive money from the government.

 

FROM

Thai Professional Thieves Association

 

We are still able to book a limited number of financial document heists.

Our consultants are standing by to discuss your requirements.

Our calender is filling up quickly so contact us now.

 

[Artisi]

13 minutes ago, Juan B Tong said:

MEMO

To all agencies who receive money from the government.

 

FROM

Thai Professional Thieves Association

 

We are still able to book a limited number of financial document heists.

Our consultants are standing by to discuss your requirements.

Our calender is filling up quickly so contact us now.

 

you forgot the contact details.

[NextStationBangkok]

Hope balls are safe.....

 

[manta]

No brainer.

[thaiguzzi]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Football Association of Thailand chief Somyot Pumpanmuang said he said he did not know why someone would break in and steal the documents.

Good 'ole Somyot. Guy gets everywhere does he not.

ex police chief.

ex borrower of 300 mil from a pimp.

ex wanted to open up casinos this side of the Cambo border

and...

current Thai FA chief.

Guy is truly talented. And straight as a 5 Bob Note.....

[Lupatria]

Maybe, just maybe it has some connection to this mystery:

United denies profiting from Bt300-m junta budget allocation

[Get Real]

1 hour ago, happydays said:

Still, not a problem as all their financial documents are also held on computer & backed up to the cloud. ?

Oooiijjaa! This is a private Thai cloud you are dribbling about. Mysteriously the quality of Thai clouds is not very good, as related to everything else that is copied and produced. So, sorry to say, but there goes that fine idea sinking in the big ocean of forgotten and unfindable things and facts.

The computer suddenly gets a loss of data, unrecoverable as unfortunate it might seem. However, they tried as hard as they could to reach the point of top of the line use, regarding new technology as the sitting bull has ordered. That unfortunately led to that somebody accidentally formatted the harddrive with the latest encryption which resulted in devastation and a totally unrecoverable area just where the stolen document was saved and hidden.

As always, they thought that an old fashion archive with the real deal papers will do the trick. Now some evil minds have been there and even made that way impossible to find out what has been stolen. Bad luck is one thing, but this is really very big old spirits of devastation in work.

[Get Real]

49 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Could have then claimed amateur - but professional, well that means something fishy and big time. 

Wait a minute here now. Take it easy! How do you think that would feel for a professional thief, to suddenly be called an amateur. Nah, it has to be hig class when these dudes remove the papers.

[samsensam]

Thieves have broken into the offices of the Football Association of Thailand and stole financial documents (sic)

 

come on OP, you can do better then this.

 

[eastendanto]

1 hour ago, happydays said:

Still, not a problem as all their financial documents are also held on computer & backed up to the cloud. ?

is that cloud cuckoo land you are referring to ???

[eastendanto]

5 minutes ago, Get Real said:

Wait a minute here now. Take it easy! How do you think that would feel for a professional thief, to suddenly be called an amateur. Nah, it has to be hig class when these dudes remove the papers.

proper professionals cos they covered CCTV cameras with paper.....must have taken it from the stationery cupboard whilst they were looking for the tippex to erase their names from the signing in book ?????

[manarak]

probably private contractors hired to acquire further documents on FIFA...

[balo]

Inside job for sure. But lets pretend it's someone else.