Thai influencer missing after alleged $76.5m scam; link with S'pore luxury goods fraud being probed

Ms Natthamon Khongchak, better known online as Nutty, allegedly defrauded more than 6,000 victims. PHOTOS: NUTTY.SUCHATAA/INSTAGRAM
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BANGKOK - She caught attention as a singer, dancer, business owner and "successful" forex trader. But Ms Natthamon Khongchak is now making headlines as an alleged multimillion-dollar scammer, and a fugitive.

The Thai social media celebrity, better known online as Nutty, has gone missing after she is said to have fleeced thousands of her followers of two billion baht (S$76.5 million) in foreign exchange investments they made with her.

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