A 70-year-old Thai woman who asked officials to endorse her marriage to an Indian man was not necessarily just following the path of true love, police suspect.
Especially after a check of her background found she was already married to a Thai man with whom she had children.
Their concerns escalated after further checks revealed hundreds of similar cases where Thai women had sought official registration of their nuptials with Indian men unlikely to be their soulmates.
"Many of the couples behaved suspiciously," Immigration Bureau chief Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn said, referring to the bogus marriages to foreign men that some tourists from South Asia are using as a front to conceal their crimes.
A number of suspects have been arrested and more targets are on the police's list to investigate. Officers are stepping up efforts to put an end to a scam Pol Lt Gen Surachate describes as a threat to national security.
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Marriage visa scams prompt crackdown
Marriage visa scams prompt crackdown
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