She was eventually captured after being on the run for two years.
A Thai woman who had been active as a member of a girl group in South Korea has been arrested after committing fraud and evading capture for two years.
According to the South China Morning Postthe 31 year old Natthamon Khongchakknown by her stage name “Nutty”, and her mother were deported to Thailand on October 25, 2024.
The mother-daughter scamming duo are said to have attempted to pass themselves off as Indonesians, but when Khongchak was unable to sing the national anthem in front of authorities, their identities were revealed.
In 2015, Khongchak debuted and had a brief career as a K-Pop idol under the label Dream cinema. Next, Khongchak turned to YouTubewhere it has garnered over 800,000 followers. Post K-Pop content like BTS AND BLACKPINK cover, Khongchak went viral.
With her successful transformation from idol to YouTube, Khongchak has rebranded herself as a successful forex investor and trader. At one point, on a Thai TV show, she and her mother claimed their family was rich, boasting of owning 14 cars and employing 22 nannies.
Khongchak scammed his victims in 2022, with a forex investment scheme that promised high returns. His victims were promised “25% in three months, 30% in six months and 35% in one year, all paid monthly”.
In July 2022, after victims began protesting over not getting promised returns, Khongchak and his mother disappeared: they were said to have entered Malaysia via southern Thailand before illegally entering Indonesia by sea. Before the national anthem blew her cover, Khongchak managed to evade 13 warrants issued by the Thai Cybercrime Investigation Bureau.
According to reports, Thai police have confiscated assets worth approximately ₩646 million KRW (approximately $468,000 USD) from the YouTuber and are monitoring the flow of funds to recover further assets.
Khongchak is said to face up to 20 years in prison for fraud.
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