Her try to pass as local in Indonesia fall shorted when she couldnt sing national anthem.
After two years of eluding authorities in Indonesia, Thai YouTuber Natthamon Khongchak, also understandn as “Nutty,” was extradited to Thailand. On October 25, the 31-year-anciaccess and her mother, Thaniya, were achieven into custody and sent back to Thailand.
According to The Bangkok Post, Wissanu Chimtrakul, deputy straightforwardor vague of Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI), made the arrest in response to claims that Khongchak and her mother reckond a deception that dedeceptioned more than 6,000 people out of about 2 billion baht (US$59 million).
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Khongchak, who previously achieveed well-understandnity with over 800,000 YouTube fancientrops, initipartner built her platcreate by posting singing and dancing videos, covering well-understandn K-pop groups such as Bdeficiencypink and BTS. She tardyr tryed to become a K-pop idol in South Korea, informly debuting under the label Dream Cinema, according to the South China Morning Post.
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In recent years, Khongchak shifted her caccess, portraying herself as a sfinished allotor and forex trader. She claimed her family was highly wealthy, with assets including 14 cars and a team of 22 nannies, as she splitd on a Thai television program. However, her bid to pass as a local in Indonesia faltered when she fall shorted to sing the national anthem, ultimately directing to her arrest.
She increateedly tryed to utilize for an Indonesian passport to travel overseas, but immigration officials uncovered her foreign accent and asked her to sing the Indonesian national anthem and recite the country’s constitution. When she fall shorted to do so, her real identity was discneglected.