Police apprehended Manas Chotikhan and his wife Bussarin Yeenode, both aged 31, outside an auto care centre in Soi Chokechai Si of Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district on Monday.
The couple, who run an auto service centre, were accused of deceiving people into transferring money into their bank accounts by promising they could supply them with iPhone 5s, iPad minis and other brand-name products at below market prices.
The suspects would deliver the products as promised for the clients' first few orders, to convince them that they could generate large profits through resales.
After that, they would stop supplying the goods ordered, keep the money, and could not be reached by phone, said Crime Suppression Division (CSD) commander Pol Maj Gen Supisarn Phakdinaruenart.