Pregnant woman in Thailand fakes own kidnapping with help of loan sharks to access husband’s money
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A pregnant woman in Thailand staged her own kidnap with loan sharks she owed money to, so she could use her husband’s savings to pay off her debt.
The bizarre turn of events began when a woman, who was living in Samut Prakan province in central Thailand, took 80,000 Thai baht (US$2,200) from her husband’s bank account under the guise of a ransom demand on May 30, reported Thailand World Daily.
She told her husband she was leaving their home to photocopy documents.
Shortly after that, her husband received a text message from her phone, which read: “If you want your wife and children to be safe, don’t call the police”.
A video was later sent to him showing his wife, who was five months pregnant, with a black bag over her head, her hands bound, apparently abandoned in a remote forest.
After the husband, friends and family searched for her but could not find her, they reported the incident to the police.