PHITSANULOK: A woman has been arrested for allegedly transferring a total of 15.7 million baht from a man's bank account to her own account with a mobile phone she had stolen from him, police said at a press conference on Sunday.
Pol Lt Gen Akradej Pimolsri, the Provincial Police Region 6 commissioner, identified the woman as Satang Thongramphan, 46, from Phitsanulok province. The man was not identified.
Ms Satang's arrest followed a complaint filed with police by Patiwat Thaisom, 31. He accused Ms Satang of stealing a mobile phone belonging to his father, a 56-year-old former bank employee who died on Aug 9. With access to information in the mobile phone, she transferred a total of 15.7 million from his father's bank account to her own account, using his password on the bank application.
The police managed to obtain a court warrant for the arrest of Ms Satang and another warrant for the search of house No 100/89 at Moo 6 village in tambon Wat Chan in Muang district, Phitsanulok, where the woman lived.
Ms Satang was arrested on Sept 1.
In a search of the house, police found 2,329,000 baht in cash, a 10-baht weight of gold bullion worth about 299,500 baht, a Chevrolet Optra which belonged to the man who had died, six mobile phones, six bank account deposit books and some documents.
