snoop1130 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Foreigner charged with using fake passport, thanks to face recognition system By Kornkamon Aksorndej The Nation Immigration police on Friday detained a foreign man for allegedly using a false travel document to travel out of the country at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The man was using a passport that identified him as Oh Chee Boon, a Malaysian, to check in at the airport on his way to Philippines on Philippine Airlines. However the airport’s biometric system, which featured face recognition, showed that he did not match the system’s data storage information. During questioning the man insisted that he was Oh. However, further investigation showed that the passport was fake and had been used in entering and exiting Thailand via the Thai-Myanmar border several times. Police also confiscated a cash of US$500,000. Police charged the man with using a fake passport and suspected him of involving in transnational crime. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30369949 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-05-24 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Police also confiscated a cash of US$500,000. Whoppee! I bet someone's out on the piss tonight then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamJar Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 How much cash??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocddave Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Holy cow, US$500,000?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 That's 5,000 Benjamins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycu Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 $500,000 will it be the deposit on a new sub or a few condo's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeEyedRaven Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Leaving the question of why he was travelling on a fake passport with a serious wad of cash to one side, or where said cash will end up, and coming back to the issue of facial recognition systems. Scoring 16%, 16%, 0% and obviously looking nothing like the dark looking fella on the far right of the picture, so another probable 0%, does this mean that he has lost face? Something I thought anathema in this part of the world. I wonder how that system would handle dealing with my passport photo and me in real time, after a serious night or weekend on the piss? 1. ???? 2. ???? (That number 2 emoji, quite appropriately being the "pile of poo" emoji.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 12 minutes ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Leaving the question of why he was travelling on a fake passport with a serious wad of cash to one side, or where said cash will end up, and coming back to the issue of facial recognition systems. My guess is that he is from China. Chinese passports are quite restrictive for smuggling money when compared to other countries' passports. Malaysia has a huge ethnic Chinese population so they look 'similar' until some facial recognition software which was imported from China comes up to identify the fakes. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 1 hour ago, snoop1130 said: Police also confiscated a (sic) cash of US$500,000. I can see how there might be some very expensive dinner reservations being made by senior members of the Imm. Police this weekend. Perhaps even some new vehicles and gold for some wives is on the way. Congratulations guys. Nice windfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 The interesting thing about this is the amount of cach he was carrying. I wonder if he declared it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocddave Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 38 minutes ago, ukrules said: The interesting thing about this is the amount of cach he was carrying. I wonder if he declared it. I know he's not a US citizen, and he is travelling in another country, but I wonder what happens when the US Secret Service steps in. There is always the question if this money is even real, not sure the RTP would even know that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kritsana77 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Hey, the Thais wanted the Chinese in their country. Now they will have their head spinning with this stuff. Enjoy yourself fellas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david555 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 More cases to come and not only Asian ones I guess ,as the Thais seems to enjoy their new digital toys and improving to use them . Maybe now our naughty boys start sweating a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 The guy needs to change his name to something Thai, like Oy Cheep Hai. Or to Die Naa if it wasn't all his cash. In and out of Myanmar ... drug money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Probably fake news to try and show people that their system is wonderful. Who on earth thinks they can get $500k through an airport!! A bit like they use the 'honest cabbie' story to cover all the sh1t that goes down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 10 hours ago, ocddave said: Holy cow, US$500,000?! That's only what the police admitted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said: Probably fake news to try and show people that their system is wonderful. Who on earth thinks they can get $500k through an airport!! A bit like they use the 'honest cabbie' story to cover all the sh1t that goes down here. Agreed, this is another bomb detector farce. The Thais are too corrupt to buy anything that actually works, and if they did accidentally get something that worked, their staff would be too stupid to operate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozman52 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 The image in the BP shows nowhere near $500,000, and some of the notes are 100s of a different currency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenZen Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Police also confiscated a cash of US$500,000. Maybe they found the cash first........and...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ozman52 said: The image in the BP shows nowhere near $500,000, and some of the notes are 100s of a different currency. 500.000 in 100's would be around 5 kilogams/12 lbs.?? Don't think that's 5 kilograms in the photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BritManToo Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 25 minutes ago, Ozman52 said: The image in the BP shows nowhere near $500,000, and some of the notes are 100s of a different currency. Looks like $50,000 to me, Thais often get the 0s wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Apple got in trouble when, based on its facial recognition system, it accused someone of theft. They were wrong. And this is a tech company. A US city has banned its use for the same reason. What are the chances that Thailand's will be 100% correct? This time it appears to have worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptooyoo Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 12 hours ago, JamJar said: How much cash??? Enough to pay all those Thai hospitals who've been stung by foreigners skipping out on their medical bills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 11 hours ago, kotsak said: That's 5,000 Benjamins. Arithmetic not your strong suit huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 34 minutes ago, overherebc said: 500.000 in 100's would be around 5 kilogams/12 lbs.?? Don't think that's 5 kilograms in the photograph. 500,000 in 100's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 So the system is starting to pay for itself already. it was worth spending all that money on it,much better than the bomb detectors. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 11 minutes ago, overherebc said: 500,000 in 100's Even Stevie Wonder could see that going through the x-ray machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozman52 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 23 minutes ago, elgenon said: Apple got in trouble when, based on its facial recognition system, it accused someone of theft. They were wrong. And this is a tech company. A US city has banned its use for the same reason. What are the chances that Thailand's will be 100% correct? This time it appears to have worked. This time it triggered an alarm and caused further checking. Can't see any problem with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaleboneman Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 20 minutes ago, mogandave said: Arithmetic not your strong suit huh? check your math eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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