webfact Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 DSI targets foreigners using nominees to run businesses in Thailand Picture: Daily News A major investigation is underway into a nominee racket. Four Chinese companies are suspected of setting up around 40 companies running businesses that are reserved for Thais. They have been aided and abetted my many Thai nationals who acted as nominees, said the Department of Special Investigations yesterday. Assets worth 3.6 billion baht have been seized so far. The Chinese were trading in rice, doing real estate dealings, running construction companies and accommodation businesses. The case centers on 255 suspects who assumed Thai nationality in a district of Chiang Rai in Thailand's far north. One is a Chinese national known as A-Pao Sae-sin who forged an application for Thai ID, reported Daily News. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-07-16 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pixelaoffy Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 Well well ! All this love with China and it's tourists was never going to stop at visiting temples markets and bars for a 2 week stay once it wrapped it's arms around them ! 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr Meeseeks Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Fraud on an industrial scale. Those with nominee companies used to own land and property must be sitting uncomfortably reading this. Edited July 16, 2020 by Mr Meeseeks 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grumpy John Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Something like this usually geT's reported every couple of years. Edited July 16, 2020 by Grumpy John Stupid phone going stupid this morn! 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post englishoak Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 Surely Chinese would never do that to their close friends... im shocked 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 19 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said: Those with nominee companies used to own land and property must be sitting uncomfortably reading this. heard it all before foreign owned homes bars and all manner of businesses are operated like this and have been for years - they don't have the manpower to scratch the surface 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GalaxyMan Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 I'd like to know how 250 Chinese got Thai permanent residency rights. My understanding is that only 100/nationality can receive it each year. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Noobie Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 35 minutes ago, englishoak said: Surely Chinese would never do that to their close friends... im shocked Must be a mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Thailand Noobie said: Must be a mistake Expect the mistake was not making a big enough donation .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paiman Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 To be honest, I am not surprised. We know which country we are in and money can solve any problem here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 Phuket alone would keep them busy for the next 10 years 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Accommodation would be the illegal hotel businesses run in the condos. Looks like the proxy tour companies weren't nabbed yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said: Fraud on an industrial scale. Those with nominee companies used to own land and property must be sitting uncomfortably reading this. Saber rattling every few years...houses owned through companies no problem. Read stories like this 20 years ago, sorry to pee on your parade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 hours ago, englishoak said: Surely Chinese would never do that to their close friends... im shocked It wasn't done to their close friends. it was done with the full cooperataion and approval of their close friends. Their close friends in Thailand who have Thai names, but who have deeper, ancestral, cultural......."allegiances". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: I'd like to know how 250 Chinese got Thai permanent residency rights. My understanding is that only 100/nationality can receive it each year. With phony Thai I. D's they don't need it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 The Chinese seem to dig in everywhere they can put their greedy little paws into. Even in my home city in the USA Bay Area is inundated with them. But then again stupid USA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 That's why I gave my Thai Wife our little Resort so there would be no problems over legalities - and yes I trust her 100%. She takes such wonderful care of m!e and our Resort, but she says maybe now is the time to either lease it out (rated as 9.2 on Booking.com and 5* on Trip Advisor) or sell as she would like me to enjoy a little bit of retired life and we can then concentrate on funding Retirement Apartments on 20+ rai she has in Surt Thani, and then off we go again, which means I can retire from being retired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhaoNiaw Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: I'd like to know how 250 Chinese got Thai permanent residency rights. My understanding is that only 100/nationality can receive it each year. They're not talking about permanent residency. It's illegally obtaining nationality through corrupt district officials who will create them an ID. It's been going on for years and you hear about arrests every now and then. This sounds like a really big operation though. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbeach Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 5 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: I'd like to know how 250 Chinese got Thai permanent residency rights. My understanding is that only 100/nationality can receive it each year. Maybe they didn't get it all in the same year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbeach Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, KhaoNiaw said: They're not talking about permanent residency. It's illegally obtaining nationality through corrupt district officials who will create them an ID. It's been going on for years and you hear about arrests every now and then. This sounds like a really big operation though. WHat? Can I do the same? LOL...not that I'd want to risk getting caught...but just saying. Why is this being allowed. Surely these people are taking an enormous risk, are their citizen details even recorded in a computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Sure it will all be solved amicably and $ensibly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I wonder if all these Companies are part of the huge increase in FDI announced earlier this week. Big loss of Face if they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaoNiaw Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, drbeach said: WHat? Can I do the same? LOL...not that I'd want to risk getting caught...but just saying. Why is this being allowed. Surely these people are taking an enormous risk, are their citizen details even recorded in a computer? I remember a case a few years ago where the local officials were using the ID numbers of deceased people. The Chinese guy who'd taken over the identity was pulled up for something minor like a traffic offence, couldn't speak Thai and it all unraveled from there. So they do get some kind of background in the system. Biometric details have caught some others out, so I think it only passes surface scrutiny. Must be big money for it. Edited July 16, 2020 by KhaoNiaw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukKrueng Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 5 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: I'd like to know how 250 Chinese got Thai permanent residency rights. My understanding is that only 100/nationality can receive it each year. The answer is in your question: 100 each year... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I think “selectively” targets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 If they had 'assumed Thai nationality' why did they need any nominees? They could have run their businesses by themselves with their fake ID cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 3 hours ago, baansgr said: Saber rattling every few years...houses owned through companies no problem. Read stories like this 20 years ago, sorry to pee on your parade. Yeh. They said that about illegal workers on construction sites. They said that about doing visa runs and getting visa stamps without leaving the country. They said that about being on overstay. No big deal they said, will never be enforced they said. All now enforced with draconian punishments for those caught. Chok dee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, webfact said: The case centers on 255 suspects who assumed Thai nationality in a district of Chiang Rai in Thailand's far north. Interesting to note CHIANG RAI and I wonder if the "district" and its suspects, situated in Thailand across the Mekong River, has any connections with the huge King Romans Casino complex opposite in the Laos/Chinese Special Economic Zone?? It is the Laos equivalent of Las Vegas. I have stood in Thailand and watched foreign (mainly Chinese and Thai) gamblers crossing on small ferries from parking facilities near The Golden Triangle Resort to the casino complex opposite in Laos:- Edited July 16, 2020 by Burma Bill additional information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 9 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: I'd like to know how 250 Chinese got Thai permanent residency rights. My understanding is that only 100/nationality can receive it each year. Probably the same way Egyptian military were able to waltz in and out of the country as they liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sead Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 11 hours ago, smedly said: heard it all before foreign owned homes bars and all manner of businesses are operated like this and have been for years - they don't have the manpower to scratch the surface Think this is some levels above some bars making 50000bht monthly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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