German man accused of stealing 4.3 million euros

[aussie dollar]

BANGKOK: -- A German man accused of stealing 4.3 million euros (201 million baht) in security van hold-ups in 1999 and 2003 has been arrested in Thailand after two years on the run and will be deported, immigration police said yesterday. A Bangladeshi man found carrying fake passports will also be sent back home.

Romuald Mariusz Wanatowicz, 49, was arrested on Monday in Lampang province where he lived with his Thai wife.

Residents had reported him for suspicious behaviour, saying he was flaunting his wealth in the poor rural area.

Police contacted the German embassy and learnt Mr Wanatowicz's passport had been revoked and a warrant for his arrest issued in Germany in October last year.

A Bangladeshi police said used one name, Sayed, was arrested in Bangkok on Monday with five counterfeit Indian passports and a fake French one, and a credit card bearing his photograph but with the name of Damak Bin Hassan, police said.

He was charged with counterfeiting official documents that allegedly involved giving fake passports to Bangladeshis to help them migrate to Malaysia for work, police said.

--Agencies 2006-02-22

could live in thailand on that amount for a few years

[fun2have]

4.3 million euros, he thought i have got away with the big one.

but he must have bought a new truck, and a carton of leo to attract local attention.

perhaps the farang police along with MIB are upping their surveillence in rural areas.

or he must have upset the local police too much.

plenty of farang police about in farang thailand so i have heard.

[The Real Sledge]

Silly sod did not buy a new truck for the local police chief when he got his.

[fzbkk]

****ing fool. had it all. Now he aint got shit.