Natthamon Khongchak, known as Nutty’s Diary on YouTube with a channel with more than 800,000 subscribers, has reportedly fled overseas to Malaysia. Claiming to be a successful forex trader, Natthamon used her platform to lure victims into investing money with the promise of high returns in short periods of time. The YouTuber would invite investors to deposit money into her account with the promise of 25% returns on three-month contracts and 30% returns on six-month contracts. For 12-month contracts, Nathamon promised a return of 35% and committed to pay every month. Investors start protesting in April after not getting the returns they were promised. On May 25, Natthamon stated in an Instagram post that she made a trading mistake and lost all the money, but would pay back her investors. More from NextShark: Beauty Products CEO Goes Racist Harassment About Vietnamese Nail Salons, Mockers Vietnamese Language It then announced on June 24 that it had been sued in two cases and that it would not be able to repay investors if it was jail time. Phaisal Ruangrit, a lawyer who helps fraud victims, said just one victim deposited about 18 million baht ($495,228). More from NextShark: Nearly 25% of AAPI youth face pandemic discrimination, report says Popular Thai Facebook page Drama-addict claimed on Sunday that the YouTuber fled to Malaysia and that one of her victims offered a 1 million baht (about $27,513) reward to anyone who could provide information leading to her arrest. Featured image via Instagram More from NextShark: Japanese man allegedly kills girlfriend at San Jose Airbnb
