
A 54-year-old man wanted by the United States for stock manipulation and colluding in fraud has been arrested in Thalang district of Phuket province.
Peter Coker Jr, who holds citizenship of the Caribbean island state of St Kitts and Nevis, was arrested on Wednesday in a hotel room near Surin Beach on Phuket, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), said on Saturday.