Alleged Russian Credit Card scammer Evgeny Titov refused bail in Pattaya Court.

Titov and Temur at their arrest.

Pattaya, 20th November 2015

One of two Russian men arrested for allegedly using counterfeit credit cards to pay for a million-baht shopping spree in Pattaya has been refused bail again in Pattaya Court.

Temur Rutamov, 35, and Evgeny Titov, 27, were arrested earlier this year with 79 bogus credit cards, a skimmer device, and a laptop computer.

Titov had applied for bail in Pattaya Court last month, but was refused due to the fact that he had no verifiable address and that credit card offences with so many cards attract jail terms of up to fifty years.

Titov had previously applied for bail offering a bond of THB 800,000 (GBP 15,000) but bail was refused in both Pattaya Court and the Court of Appeal

In March this year, police had been tipped off by Kasikorn Bank security officers that foreigners were using fake cards to purchase valuables and airline tickets at shopping malls in Pattaya. 

Among the items were pricey clothes at Central Festival Pattaya Beach and air tickets to Dubai from a travel agency on Second Road near Soi 13 where Temur was caught.

Rutamov was arrested and led police to Titov.

Visa agent Sean Tinsley remanded in custody in Pattaya

Pattaya, Friday 6th November 2015

Tinsley - Convicted and in Custody

A British expat operating a visa service in Pattaya is in custody after surrendering to Pattaya Court.

Sean Tinsley, who was previously found not guilty in Pattaya Court of the attempted murder of attempted murder of Adam Pickles, surrendered after an arrest warrant was issued in late October.

The arrest warrant was issued when Tinsley failed to appear for the reading of a decision of the Region 2 Court of Appeal at the end of October, claiming a medical issue prevented him going to Court.

In a short judgement, the Region 2 Court of Appeal reversed the decision  of the lower Court and convicted Tinsley of the lesser charge of the aggravated assault of school teacher Adam Pickles and sentenced Tinsley to six years in jail.

Tinsley was said to have been infuriated after a minor road accident, and Pickles was later found with severe head trauma a short distance from the incident following a chase. 

Tinsley applied for bail today (Friday 6th November) which was refused. Tinsley had offered a cash bail of THB 900, 000 (approx. GBP 18,000) but the bail application will now be referred to the Supreme Court.

Tinsley is currently in the Pattaya Special Remand Prison at Nong Palai, and is awaiting the processing of the further bail application at Pattaya Court, which by law must now be referred to the Supreme Court of Thailand. This can take up to ten working days.

Shortly after the near deadly assault, Adam Pickles was airlifted back to the UK for medical treatment and rehabilitation,  and remains in a care and rehabilitation facility in a semi concious state.