Author: Andrew Drummond
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DREW NOYES LIBEL CASE SUMMONS WAS ILLEGAL COURT RULES
SUMMONS WAS ILLEGAL COURT RULES – AFTER A YEAR! Another case brought by Drew Walter Noyes, the former publisher of the Pattaya Times, who was convicted of extortion before fleeing on bail to the United States, was today thrown out by the Pattaya Court. The judge ruled that the summons against Alastair ‘Ally‘ Cooper for…
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MACABRE DIARY OF CON MAN HARRIS BLACK
THE DIARY OF A PSYCHO This week a reader sent me in some notes from the private diaries of, he claims, a well-known fraudster who has been accused frequently of sexual abusing women. Harris Black has been highlighted several times on this site. Ten years has passed since these diary entries were allegedly written. Hopefully…
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US REJECTS NANNY FOR DREW NOYES
US AUTHORITIES REJECT NANNY VISA FOR LOVER OF ‘MOST CREDIBLE, FRIENDLY AND RE-ASSURING BUSINESSMAN EVER TO HAVE MADE THAILAND HIS HOME’. The path of love for our famous American con man Drew Noyes, now in the United States having fled bail while appealing against a conviction and two year prison sentence for extortion, appears to…
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CONMAN HARRIS BLACK GETS ‘STIFFED’ IN PATTAYA
Famous conman Harris Black, a famous Canadian who has been known to pose as a doctor, priest and even a nun to carry out his scams is claiming on Facebook that he has been stiffed in Pattaya. The alleged guilty person is the boss of a language school to which Black had applied so he…
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Innocence of the Koh Tao Two – A Legal View For The Record
Innocence of the Koh Tao Two Australian solicitor Ian Yarwood who has been helping with the appeal of Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin who were convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller has made some important observations on the trial and the Thai justice system . While I…
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST SECOND FOREIGN ‘FINANCIAL ADVISER’
NEIL ROBBIRT – WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE ‘MOST REPUTABLE’ IN FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY – TO FACE TWO CRIMINAL CHARGED Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it had filed criminal charges against a second British financial adviser working unregistered in Thailand. He was named as Neil Arthur Robbirt, 54, Director of Global Investments,…
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IS THIS THE DEATH KNELL FOR THAILAND’S ‘INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISERS’
THAI SECURITY EXCHANGE BRINGS CRIMINAL CHARGES – SOME ARE LEAVING AND WEBSITES ARE DOWN With the announcement this week that Thailand’s Securities Exchange Commission is taking criminal action against an unregistered financial adviser almost certainly other cases will follow. But unfortunately, as is the case of international banks when they are caught out doing such…
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Human Rights Lawyer To Face Thai Police Charges
ANOTHER TEST FOR THAILAND’S JUSTICE SYSTEM Human Rights Lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri will tomorrow (Tuesday) report to police who say they are now bringing charges against her for her part in representing students of the New Democracy Movement. The 14 students were arrested last June making a peaceful protest to mark the military junta’s one year…
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THE PATTAYA BRIDGE CLUB RAID – INCOMING FIRE!
THE PATTAYA BRIDGE CLUB RAID – JUST WHO SHOULD BE IN THE DOCK? There are now multiple versions of what will happen to the now celebrated members of the Pattaya Bridge Club after their alleged ‘gambling den’ was raided last week. Here are the two principal ones. The official version from the local Police chief…
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PENSIONERS ARRESTED IN THAI VICE RAID
FORMER EMBASSY CONSULAR REP AMONG SENIOR CITIZENS HELD AS ‘BRIDGE CLUB’ MEETS IN PATTAYA THEY HAD TOO MANY CARDS! SAID DISTRICT CHIEF – ROUND EM’ UP COMMENT: The amusing raid yesterday by the local Department of Provincial Administration has possibly in ‘one foul’ swoop reminded the world that all is not well in the Thai…