Two foreigners held in Phuket over �black money� scam

Two foreigners held in Phuket over �black money� scam: "Two foreigners held in Phuket over �black money� scam

PATONG: Two men are being held by police over a �black money� scam that cost three Thai victims a total of 330,000 baht. The arrested men, said to be from Liberia, in West Africa, were named as Anthony Brown, 27, and Christopher Alliston, 31.

The classic scam involves promising a big pay-off in return for a �loan� to buy special chemicals to �wash� US dollars that have supposedly been dyed black by the US Government in order to take them out of circulation.

The two men were nabbed in Patong on Tuesday by Pol Col Sanakorn Manmuang, Sub-inspector (Investigation), Pol Lt Ampol Chantakul, and other officers from Kathu Police Station. "