Scammer arrested by the policewoman she pretended to be

Pol Maj Kanjira Norasan, right, arrests Natthaya Khomaram, a woman who allegedly stole her identity to commit fraud, at a rented room in Kaeng Khoi district, Saraburi, on Sunday. (Photo: police)

A woman who created a fake Facebook account in the name of a senior police inspector and bilked almost half a million baht from the cop's contacts has been arrested -- by the real police officer whose identity she stole.

Pol Maj Kanjira Norasan, 42, an inspector from Crime Suppression Subdivision 2, on Sunday arrested Natthaya Khomaram, 25, at a rented room in tambon Tan Diao of Kaeng Khoi district, Saraburi, said Crime Suppression Division commander Pol Maj Gen Montree Thesakhan on Monday.