A ladyboy who posed as a beautiful woman on social media duped boys and handsome men into masturbating on webcam and then sold the porn clips on Twitter.
Crime Suppression Division police apprehended Phoomraphee "Phee'' Nakwichit, 20, in tambon Bang Chalong, Bang Phli district, yesterday.
The arrest followed a complaint by a boy's mother, Pol Col Arun Wachirasrisukanya, head of CSD Sub-division 2, said.
The CSD set up a sting, posing as a customer and contacted the account holder, looking to buy obscene material. The seller, who turned out to be Ms Phoomraphee, charged 300 baht for pictures and video clips of two boys.
After paying the money and tracking down the seller's address, CSD police obtained a search warrant from Samut Prakan Provincial Court. Ms Phoomraphee was detained in possession of an iPhone containing porn photos and video clips of several boys.
During questioning, she admitted to creating a Facebook account using a picture of a good-looking woman as her profile photo and subsequently approaching schoolboys and handsome men online.
She then persuaded them to masturbate on webcam, recorded it, and sold the photos and clips on Twitter for 150-450 baht each.
