Hungarian wanted overseas arrested in Bangkok, overstayed visa by 10 years

Petch PetpailinWednesday, January 19, 2022Last Updated: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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Hungarian wanted overseas arrested in Bangkok, overstayed visa by 10 years

Thai Immigration police arrested a 48 year old Hungarian suspect who is wanted in his home country for alleged insurance fraud and has been staying in Thailand illegally for more than 10 years. Immigration police say the man is on 4,254 days overstay after entering Thailand in 2010 on a 60 day tourist visa.

Officers say the man was arrested at a condominium on Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok after discovering that he was on a wanted list on the Hungarian police site. He is being prosecuted for overstay and will be sent back to Hungary where he faces charges for creating fake documents to claim more than 401,394,145 Hungarian forint (around 42 million baht) from his insurance.

SOURCE: Thairath

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Petpailin, or Petch, is a Thai translator and writer for The Thaiger who focuses on translating breakingThai news stories into English. With a background in field journalism, Petch brings several years of experience to the English News desk at The Thaiger. Before joining The Thaiger, Petch worked as a content writer for several known blogging sites in Bangkok, including Happio and The Smart Local. Her articles have been syndicated by many big publishers in Thailand and internationally, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Bangkok Post. She is a news writer who stops reading news on the weekends to spend more time cafe hopping and petting dwarf shrimp! But during office hours, you can find Petch on LinkedIn and you can reach her by email at petch@thethaiger.com.

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