One of the two women who allegedly deceived a 42-year-old woman into supplying 10,000 meals for a Phitsanulok factory was found to have been implicated in fraud cases in several provinces as well as a drug charge, according to police.
One of the two women who allegedly deceived a 42-year-old woman into supplying 10,000 meals for a Phitsanulok factory was found to have been implicated in fraud cases in several provinces as well as a drug charge, according to police.
Thanita, or "Eiew", whose surname was withheld, also previously hired caterers to prepare meals on three occasions and later cancelled the orders without compensating the caterers, according to Pol Maj Gen Phayu Thanasrisuebwong, acting commander of Uttaradit police.
In the latest case, Ms Thanita and another woman, Kanhathai Suksai, were reported to have contracted Thanisorn Guikaew, an Uttaradit resident, to supply meals and drinks for a factory under a five-year contract.
Ms Thanisorn accused the two women of failing to collect the meals as agreed, costing her almost 1 million baht in lost expenses.
Ms Kanhathai claimed that Ms Thanisorn had failed to deliver the meals by 7am on Monday as required in the contract, and demanded 350,000 baht as a penalty from Ms Thanisorn, which is also stipulated in the contract.
She has so far received nothing from Ms Thanisorn and plans to sue.
According to police, the Phitsanulok factory has not arranged for the meals to be delivered to their employees.
It is possible the factory, which has its own cafeteria that serves about 4,000 employees, may have no knowledge of the order, said Pol Col Khiri.
Another Phitsanulok woman claimed she was also lured into investing in a food delivery business by Ms Thanita in the middle of last year.
