Pattaya
A Ukrainian woman and her friend reported a motorcycle rental scam in Pattaya after discovering their rental bikes were stolen and taken across Thailand’s border.
The victim, Ms. Kateryna of Ukrainian nationality, along with her unidentified friend, presented surveillance camera footage from their motorbike rental shop and filed a complaint with Pattaya police. They claimed that the customers who had rented their motorcycles failed to return them and allegedly took the bikes across the border to Thailand’s neighboring country.
Ms. Kateryna explained that on August 9th, the suspect, Mr. Santipap Sainon, rented an ADV 160cc motorcycle from her shop. He came with a woman and a young girl, rented the motorcycle for one week, and paid 4,400 baht, including 2,400 baht for the rental and 2,000 baht for the deposit.
On August 13th, the same group, now including another suspect, Ms. Anchalee Booncharoen, came to rent another ADV 160cc motorcycle for ten days. They then paid 2,500 baht for the rental and 2,000 baht for the deposit.
By August 24th, the shop’s staff noticed that the suspects had failed to return the rented motorcycles as scheduled. The staff then tracked the bikes’ GPS, which revealed that the vehicles had been taken across the Thai border to a neighboring country through an informal crossing at Aranyaprathet in Sa Kaeo province.
Ms. Kateryna is concerned that the suspects might be part of a motorcycle theft gang and intend to sell the motorcycles.
Pattaya police are investigating the incident.
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