Dumb and dumber: More than 10 high ranking gov't officials swindled of hundreds of thousands of dollars

មន្រ្តីជាន់ខ្ពស់ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ជិត១០នាក់ ចាញ់បោកសម្រស់ លួងលោម ល្បិចកល ស្រ្តីអួត ខ្សែអ្នកធំ ម្នាក់ៗអស់រាប់ម៉ឺនដុល្លារ

Thursday, 23 August 2012
ដោយ ៖ ដើមអម្ពិល(DAP)

Synopsis: Numerous dumb high ranking government officials fell for the beauty and the sweet words of a woman who claimed that she is a close relative of top government official. The dumb officials were swindled of tens of thousands of dollars each, cops of the ministry of Interior indicated. Close to 10 government officials fell for the trick of a woman who claimed that she is the relative of a top government leader. Three victims complained to the police, while 4 or 5 others are about to file their complaint. “The victims refused to reveal their identity, they reserve their right (sic!)”, Pal Sothy, the deputy director of the criminal police department said. The swindling scheme took place since 2010 and the culprit sent over pictures of young women to her victims while claiming that they were hers. Mystery seems to shroud this case after the victims refused to reveal their identity and the suspect was prevented from talking to reporters by the cops.

ភ្នំពេញ: មន្រ្តីជាន់ខ្ពស់ជាច្រើន នាក់បានចាញ់បោក សម្រស់អូសទាញ វាចារផ្អែមល្ហែម ស្រ្តីម្នាក់ ដែលតាំងខ្លួន ជាសាច់ញាតិមន្ត្រី ជាន់ខ្ពស់ថ្នាក់កំពូល ដោយលង់ខ្លួនម្នាក់ៗ អស់រាប់សិបម៉ឺន ដុល្លារអាមេរិក នេះបើតាមការអះ អាងពី មន្រ្តីនគរបាលក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ។

នាយរងការិយាល័យ នគរបាលព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ កំរិតស្រាល នៃក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃលោក ប៉ាល់ សុធី បាននិយាយនៅ ថ្ងៃ ទី២៣ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១២ថា " មន្រ្តីជាន់ខ្ពស់ ក្នុងរដ្ឋាភិបាល ជិត១០នាក់ បានចាញ់បោកស្រ្តីម្នាក់ ដែលតាំងខ្លួន ជាសាច់ញាតិ ថ្នាក់នាំជាន់ខ្ពស់ "។ លោក បន្តថា "ជនរងគ្រោះ ៣នាក់ បានដាក់ពាក្យបណ្តឹងហើយ រីឯជនរងគ្រោះ ប្រមាណ៤-៥នាក់ត្រៀមដាក់ ពាក្យបណ្តឹង " ។

លោក ប៉ាល់ សុធី បញ្ជាក់ថា យ៉ាងហោចណាស់ ជនរងគ្រោះម្នាក់ៗ ចាញ់បោកអស់រាប់ម៉ឺន ដុល្លារ ។ លោកបានបន្ថែមថា " ជនរងគ្រោះមិនឲ្យ បញ្ចេញ អត្តសញ្ញាណទេ ដោយសុំរក្សាសិទិ្ធ " ។

Coast mother jailed for five years

Angela Bamford has been jailed for five years.

March 4th, 2010
Emmaline Stigwood
GoldCoast.com.au

A MOTHER who defrauded her friends by spruiking fake Gold Coast property investment schemes to fund her gambling addiction was yesterday jailed for five years.

Angela Bamford, 41, appeared in the Brisbane District Court and pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud.

The court was told between 2005 and 2007 Bamford took advantage of friendships she had forged to get six victims and their families to give her about $340,000 on the promise of high returns in a variety of schemes.

Prosecutor Dennis Kinsella said most of the payments were followed by trips to the casinos where Bamford gambled away most of the money.

Mr Kinsella said Bamford, of Brisbane, offered her victims investments in building projects in Canada and New Zealand and property on the Gold Coast.

He said Bamford appeared to live an 'extremely comfortable' lifestyle and exaggerated her financial status to her victims, using some of the money to buy a luxury car worth $80,000.

When some of her victims went to report the matter to police Bamford threatened them and their families, the court was told.

"This included death threats ... one suggestion was a complainant's child would end up in hospital," said Mr Kinsella.

Defence barrister Leon Ackermann told the court Bamford had witnessed atrocities and been abused in Cambodia, including being forced into child labour by the Khmer Rouge.

He said as an adult her marriage was marred by more violence and 'domestic slavery' that led to pathological gambling.

Judge Kerry O'Brien said Bamford was 'plainly a deceitful person'.

Bamford will be eligible for parole in November 2011.

Two men arrested for using VIP’s names to swindle money from others

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Two men – one of whom was a former Funcinpec MP and the other a government official from the ministry of public works and transportation – were arrested by the police recently and charged with using vice-prime minister Sok An’s name to swindle $250,000 from Cambodians living in the USA. According to the Kampuchea Thmei newspaper, the two suspects are: 40-year-old Ismael Yousos, the former Funcinpec MP from Kampong Cham province between 1999 and 2001 and currently working at the council of ministers, and Hak Sary, a government official from the ministry of public works. The pair were arrested for their involvement in using Sok An’s name to sell lands to Cambodians living in the USA. The pair took the money from the buyers but refused to provide the land title to the buyers, and a lawsuit ensued. The latest report indicated that the court has decided to release Hak Sary from jail, however, Ismael Yousos is still jailed for his involvement in the $250,000 swindling.