Wanted Italian fraudster captured in Pattaya

Wanted Italian fraudster captured in Pattaya

ATM skimming suspect also nabbed in Udon Thani

Mauro Vincenzo Saguato, 65, (left) an Italian national wanted by Interpol for embezzlement in his home country, and Marian Nicolau, 36, the accused leader of a Romanian skimming gang,appear at a media briefing at the Immigration Bureau on Wednesday. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
Mauro Vincenzo Saguato, 65, (left) an Italian national wanted by Interpol for embezzlement in his home country, and Marian Nicolau, 36, the accused leader of a Romanian skimming gang,appear at a media briefing at the Immigration Bureau on Wednesday. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)

An Italian wanted for embezzlement and an accused Romanian ATM skimmer have been arrested in separate raids in Chon Buri and Udon Thani provinces.

Mauro Vincenzo Saguato, 65, and Marian Nicolau, 36, were taken to a media briefing at the Immigration Bureau on Wednesday.

Mr Saguato, a former executive with Safe3 Italia Co, which oversaw finances at the Cooperation 2000 cooperative in Italy, was wanted on an Interpol "red notice" for fraud of about 50 million baht, or 1.25 million euros, said Pol Lt Gen Natthorn Phorsunthorn, chief of the Immigration Bureau.

The suspect fled to Thailand in 2013 and was arrested at an apartment in Pattaya in Bang Lamung district on May 22.

In the second case, Mr Nicolau is believed to be the leader of a credit card skimming gang who also was named in an Interpol notice. He and his cohorts allegedly used fake electronic cards to withdraw cash across Europe before escaping to Thailand.

He was apprehended at a condominium in Udon Thani on May 21, said Pol Lt Gen Natthorn.

Both men have had their visas revoked and been blacklisted from the kingdom. They are being detained pending deportation.

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