[
  {
    "sheet_row": 252,
    "victim": "Alexander",
    "date": "August 27, 2025",
    "location": "Phuket, Thailand",
    "country": "Thailand",
    "scenario": "Malicious Invitation - SocialEng",
    "description": "A Russian national went to a house for a business investment consultation. When he arrived a group of 4 Russians assaulted him and forced him to transfer 35,000 USDT. The attackers fled the country but 1 was caught aboard a ferry.",
    "recorded_url": "https://cryptonews.com/news/french-crypto-trader-kidnapped-near-paris-released-after-refusing-10k-ransom-report/",
    "url_warning": "This URL is WRONG. It points to a French case near Paris (DB id 350, Alexandre). The saved article is a Phuket robbery. The correct source needs to be re-found.",
    "why_missing": "No record in the 364-row export matches this event. Nearest Thailand case is id 204 (January 5 2025, Phuket), a different incident.",
    "article_text": "Russian Fugitive Caught Hiding in Car at Koh Samui Ferry Port\nBy Georgealbert\nAugust 28 in Koh Samui News\nLocation:Sattahip\nPosted August 28\nPictures courtesy of Khaosod\n\nA Russian man wanted for a cryptocurrency robbery in Phuket has been arrested while attempting to flee through Koh Samui, police confirmed on 28 August.\n  The suspect, identified as Dmitri, 26, was apprehended at the Lipa Noi ferry terminal, after officers discovered him hiding in the back seat of a car with Prachinburi plates.\nPolice from Koh Samui and Surat Thani worked alongside investigators from Phuket’s Chalong Police Station and the Technology Crime Investigation Division to carry out the arrest. The operation was launched after intelligence revealed that Dmitri had boarded the 11:00 ferry from Don Sak to Koh Samui.\nAt around 12.50, officers intercepted the vehicle as it disembarked. Although only a foreign driver, later identified as Gleb, also Russian, was visible, a search revealed Dmitri attempting to conceal himself on the back seat of the car.\nPolice presented a Phuket Provincial Court warrant for robbery, with an interpreter on hand, but Dmitri declined to make any statement. He has since been transferred back to Phuket for questioning.\nInvestigators said Dmitri and three accomplices had lured another Russian national, Mr Alexander, to a house in Phuket on the pretext of discussing a business investment. Instead, Alexander was assaulted and forced to transfer 35,000 USDT (around 1.3 million baht) via the TRONSCAN platform.\nThe rest of the gang fled the country soon after, leaving Dmitri behind. Police believe Dmitri attempted to enlist the help of a Russian associate in Koh Samui to evade capture. His escape bid ended at the ferry terminal when officers tracked the car and discovered him inside.\n"
  }
]