台灣夫妻涉詐「狂捲40億」遭通緝20年!泰警闖曼谷豪宅逮獲
2023-06-29 09:00
涉嫌投資詐騙的64歲陳智燦、57歲劉美雪,遭台灣調查局通緝逾20年,近日在台泰警方聯手下,終於在泰國曼谷將夫妻倆逮獲,非法吸金高達40億元。
陳智燦、劉美雪等人於2000年成立空頭公司「列治文」,謊稱是歐洲日內瓦集團(Europe Geneva Corporation)旗下列治文銀行的子公司,吸引大批投資人砸錢,受害民眾逾4000人、獲利高達40億新台幣。
詐騙惡行被揭發後,夫妻倆取得位於中美洲東北部國家貝里斯(Belize)的護照,並以貝里斯國籍身分於2018年7月潛逃至泰國,隨後更獲得當地特殊簽證「菁英簽證」取得長期居留權。
近日,泰國警方發現夫妻倆行跡鬼祟,進而鎖定展開調查,比對之下懷疑2人是台灣通緝犯,隨即通知台灣法務部調查局駐泰秘書,當時陳智燦與劉美雪已經收拾好行李,準備逃亡至新加坡,沒想到卻在曼谷邦納(bangna)的一棟豪華公寓裡遭到逮捕,結束這對亡命鴛鴦長達逾20年的逃亡生涯,目前台灣警方正與泰國警方協商,將2嫌遣返回台歸案。
Taiwan couple on the run over NT$4 billion fraud arrested in Thailand
06/28/2023 10:46 PM
Bangkok, June 28 (CNA) A fugitive Taiwanese couple indicted over a NT$4 billion (US$128.84 million) investment fraud more than 20 years ago was arrested in Bangkok last week, Thai police announced Wednesday.
Chen Chih-tsan (陳智燦), 64, and his wife Liu Mei-hsueh (劉美雪), 57, who fled Taiwan in 2001, are accused of soliciting investments for the fictitious “Richmond Bank” — a supposed subsidiary of the similarly nonexistent “Europe Geneva Corporation,” Thai police said at a press conference.
According to the authorities, the couple fled Taiwan in 2001 after telling their over 4,000 investors the fake firm’s bank accounts in Latvia had been frozen and that the company was shutting down.
After a subsequent Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) probe found that neither Richmond Bank nor Europe Geneva Corporation existed, Chen and Liu were placed on a wanted list by Taiwanese authorities on July 9, 2002.
Thai police said the couple changed their names before entering Thailand in July 2018 using Belizean passports.
Thai police said they had requested help from the MJIB after an investigation led them to suspect that Chen and Liu, now holders of Thailand Elite Visas, were wanted Taiwanese fugitives.
Thai police said they arrested the couple in Bangkok last week after confirming their identities.
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