NAKHON RATCHASIMA: About 10 people filed a complaint with local police accusing a woman of cheating them out of about one million baht in total that they invested in her fraudulent business.
They told police in Sikhiu district on Wednesday that Sirikanya Peangsai, 26, had invited them to invest in a lucrative business she never elaborated on, promising it would break even in a week and then pay a 15% return each week.
Pankamol Srijeeraroj, 26, of Muang district, said that in April a relative introduced her to Ms Sirikanya, who stayed in a rented house in Sikhiu. They had then communicated through Facebook.
First she invested 30,000 baht and received the promised 15% return the following week. Then she raised her investment to 120,000 baht. After the third week the payments came late, and finally never arrived at all.
After offering several excuses for the missing payments, Ms Sirikanya disappeared, Ms Pankamol said.
She and her friends, who were at the Sikhiu station on Wednesday, lost about one million baht altogether, she said.
Ms Pankamol alleged that Ms Sirikanya had tricked about 100 people nationwide out of about 5 million baht in total.