Update to my previous post

The Thai police have been surprisingly helpful! I filed a report, they asked me to come in with an interpreter to interview me for the full details, and they actually reached out to the girl.

So just this past Saturday Aug 31, the girl frantically messaged me on IG. She was freaking out because the police notice was sent to her parents' house and they're stressing out.

In the message she actually CONFESSED to stealing my credit card info and apologized.

She had the AUDACITY to ask me to withdraw the police complaint against her because having it on her record would destroy her chances of getting a visa to study abroad as a police certification is required apparently.

She continued to lie claiming I was the only she's stolen from when I literally have evidence from one of the merchants showing she has other cards not belonging to her name on her account as well.

She wants to settle this outside of court and compensate me in exchange of me dropping the charges.

At this point I don't really care about the money and just want to keep this on her record as she is an ABHORRENT criminal. I don't buy her remorse. She's just concerned about her dreams of studying abroad.

The police actually recommended that I just settle outside of court with her if I just wanted to get the money back as it would be faster. They said if she got a lawyer she could claim a lot of defensive arguments. They said IG messages are not solid evidence as Meta (a US company) never confirms the identity of their users when the Thai police had requested before. So she could claim it's not her. Though her messages contain a lot of info only SHE would know, so I think it's still strong evidence.

Hopefully she learns her lesson and stops scamming people.