TRAT, June 20 (TNA) – A Swedish suspect wanted for
multi-million dollar fraud is arrested on Koh Chang Island in Thailand where he
has lived for eight years. 
Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson, 45, was put on Interpol red
notice after US authorities in 2013 accused him of colluding with 12 others to
defraud thousands of victims via a website.
Acting on request of the US and Interpol, Thai police
arrested the man at a house on Koh Chang where he has lived with his Thai wife.
He denied any wrongdoing claiming the website was operated
for legal cryptocurrency investment but it was closed because of business
losses.
But according to US authorities, Karlsson used websites to
defraud potential investors, earning about Bt50 million before fleeing to
Thailand. 
Police have seized a number of electronic devices believed
to have been used for fraudulent activities.
Karlsson will be prosecuted on charges of fraudulent acts
and money-laundering, according Thai police, and likely be extradited to the
US. (TNA)
