================================================================================================ CASE 206 | Masis Erkol | January 14, 2025 | Thailand ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 206 date January 14, 2025 original_date January 14, 2025 year 2025 month 1 quarter 2025-Q1 victim Masis Erkol location Pattaya, Thailand country Thailand scenario Home Invasion description Man tied up in condo, forced to transfer $290,000 in cryptocurrency. kidnappings 1 violence_torture 0 drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 0 theft 1 life_taken 0 money_wanted large amount coin_type unknown reports BangkokPost notes likely knew attackers, let them into this condo, tied up, forced to transfer crypto has_processed_date 1 created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45 (flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.) AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources] **Victim:** Masis Erkol **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators **Attack Method:** Home Invasion - victim kidnapped **Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation **Crypto Stolen:** Approximately $290,000 **Status:** Investigation ongoing LINKED SOURCES [url] https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2939397/turkish-man-tied-up-and-robbed-in-pattaya NOTES ON THIS FILE * matched to sheet row 207: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTICLE 1 Source BangkokPost URL https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2939397/turkish-man-tied-up-and-robbed-in-pattaya Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 207, column "Articles" Length 1,027 chars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turkish man tied up and robbed in Pattaya published : 14 Jan 2025 at 12:34 writer: Gary Boyle ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong 1 0 Turkish man tied up and robbed in Pattaya A Turkish man was tied up and robbed in a condominium room in Pattaya early on Tuesday morning. A security guard said Masis Erkol, 36, hopped from his room on the fifth floor seeking help. His hands were fastened behind him with handcuffs and cable ties and his ankles bound with wire. The robbery happened at a condominium building in Soi Wat Bun Kanchanaram and was reported to Pattaya police about 3.36am. The man told police that three men held and tied him up. They forced him to transfer a large amount of cryptocurrency to a wallet and also stole his computer. Latest 2025 tax rules for foreign workers in Thailand Cool season due 'later, warmer' 38-storey condo on fire in Bangkok Police said it was likely Mr Erkol knew his attackers because the condominium had a good security system. The building's name was not given. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED] !! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person. !! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article. !! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting. Source bangkokpost.com URL https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2939397/turkish-man-tied-up-and-robbed-in-pattaya Field url Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:49:11+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 3-7 of 21 Length 803 chars Integrity sha256 620550a7f6fee3c4b5355da3771c38101f702632256c96b6e70920c9437eb58b Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 3-7 plus headline [0]; dropped 2 leading and 13 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 9. Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved) Turkish man tied up and robbed in Pattaya Bangkok Post Learning - Learn English from News A Turkish man was tied up and robbed in a condominium room in Pattaya early on Tuesday morning. A security guard said Masis Erkol, 36, hopped from his room on the fifth floor seeking help. His hands were fastened behind him with handcuffs and cable ties and his ankles bound with wire. The robbery happened at a condominium building in Soi Wat Bun Kanchanaram and was reported to Pattaya police about 3.36am. The man told police that three men held and tied him up. They forced him to transfer a large amount of cryptocurrency to a wallet and also stole his computer. Police said it was likely Mr Erkol knew his attackers because the condominium had a good security system. The building's name was not given. ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 206 ================================================================================================