DSI raid Italian Boat-Builders Premises In Pattaya

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On Wednesday Morning a large number of DSI Agents, led by the Bangkok DSI Organized-Crime-&-Mafia Taskforce, descended, simultaneously, on some 6 locations in Chonburi Province – and raided numerous properties reportedly belonging to an Italian national Mr. Raoul Bianchetti.

Acting on search warrants issued by the Pattaya Provincial Court, Computers, digital storage devices and many boxes with Company documents were seen to be confiscated and taken away by the DSI agents.

Mr. Bianchetti is suspected of a number of serious crimes such as Tax-Evasion, Tax-Fraud, Theft-from-Clients, Extortion, Intimidation, Nominee-Company exploitation, and making threatening statements to clients, suppliers & Government Officials.

The DSI (Department of Special Investigations), Thailand’s equivalent to the FBI, state that in addition, it appears that Mr. Bianchetti had also defrauded more than 40 of his, unsuspecting, boat-building clients for more than 350 Million Baht since 2008.

As a result of numerous complaints, the DSI started to look into the affairs of the companies owned by Mr. Bianchetti and the raids were the culmination of this extensive investigation.

The companies being looked into by the DSI which are under the alleged control of Mr. Bianchetti are: Raoul’s Sailing Center Co., Ltd., RB Power & Sailing Co., Ltd., Clapham Family Co., Ltd., PEET Co., Ltd., Lilliput Resort Co., Ltd., and Cybele Co., Ltd.



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  • Britsaddened

    This man ruined the life of two very good friends. A lovely couple, who never got their fully paid boat delivered. It was then sold for a second time and we understand, that boat is now a wreck and still somewhere in a boatyard in Pattaya. There is an ongoing court-case and with his new developments criminal charges are being filed at highest level. There are several more unlucky customers, we understand, who never got their paid up yachts delivered. One a very well known person from the Emirates with two large yachts, which were sold on a second time to some Eastern Europe investors. Both parties are fighting this in court, additional criminal complaints are now imminent.
    Thank you DSI and authorities to put an end to this. How could this go on for so many years? Much of this is common knowledge in yachting circles.

  • rr.

    Just heard that, some people in marinas and shops, all the way to Phuket are being or have been interviewed.Looks like he no friends left. It seems they want to make sure this Italian goes away for a long-time. Don’t want to divulge any sensitive information, better let the authorities do their job. And a good one, indeed!
    It will be a while before the reputation of yacht builders in Pattaya or even Thailand can be restored. Maybe there is an association of Thai boat builders – if not, that would be a good moment for a few big players to create one – that could distance themselves publicly from such practices and actually use this a PR platform. They could establish industry standards and self-regulate & enforce, which would in turn re-assure potential customers and sort out rogue builders automatically.

  • raoul

    Dear Akira . I never bankrupt a company. My personal accoint has been used only for personal money. It could surprise u to learn that i have not done money with boatbuilding but with financial operations. This is surprising eho checked the accounts as in fact the boatyard did little or nothing profit.

    Talking about u; u took care of the payments in RB dear friend. U could not explain why and where a couple of millions disappeared. I simply asked u to explain where the money was gone . We discovered that u used company money to pay for your gf expenses and so on. U have been legally charged for this. I accepted a small refund of 250.000 baht from u , as i knew u did not have any money. My lawyer asked me to help u and avoid u the prison . U have a short memory my friend. I heard that u are working in kho pangnan. So wish u all the best. I know u r a good guy who did a mistake and u have a good boat, so i hope u will be successful there. From me ..not hard feelings. About what happened and these blogs , i coulnd not care less. It is all promotion free. Ww sold a nice boat to a thai gentleman that dont care of rumors….so..all ok it seems

  • Quicksilver.S

    Quicksilver.S {} RAOUL BIANCHETTI: you are a twister-of-facts: this Belgian Qatar Akira is a man of high “integrity”, a quality which could never ever be confused in correlation with you ! ! The fact is that YOU stole money from this man and the fact is that YOU threatened to put him in jail, whereas YOU stole from him as well as stealing his Mast, Sails and some other rigging WHICH HE HAD ALREADY PAID YOU FOR !

    There are many people who are wondering how you can possibly sleep at night and there are even more people who would prefer it if you didn’t wake-up one morning.
    The fact is; you could not even “list” one (1) satisfied, happy boat-building client, because he has yet to be born . . . . .
    Almost 50 people, who you have cheated, can’t ALL be wrong . . . . . Your day of reckoning is approaching fast, Raoul and when that day comes, at least 50 ex-clients will have the pleasure of a great sigh of relief, as will many people in the Boating-Business in Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket, and even overseas in your native Italy; as well as the many victims of your practices in Quatar, UAE, Scotland Brazil, USA, Belgium, France, Australia, New-Zealand etc.

    We all realize that your traits are as a result of the unmistakably recognizable sociopathic characteristics – the only cure of which is ‘isolation’ from the normal populace.

    The Buck Stops Here ! !.

  • Akira ter Elst

    Dear Raoul,

    Funny how you say you not make any money with boatbuilding but with financial operations. Does that mean you see extortion, selling other peoples property, charging money for repairing goods under guarantee,… under this category ? Maybe you have a “good” accounting or some contacts to look it comes from financial transactions but I know when I worked for you the money transferred to your private account came from the costumers that ordered a boat with you and was part of the contracts they signed. Even more : you needed that money so it could look in the books you paid back the money you personally lent from Raoul’s Sailing Center Co., Ltd in case you lost a court case and they would come after your personal belongings because of that outstanding loan. All this Raoul together with making active the sleeping company RB Power and Sailing Co., Ltd and transferring the assets, workers, contracts,… is setting up a bankruptcy. Yes, you never bankrupt a company but at the first claim of serious money from a lost court case or tax department there will be nothing left to collect. I know theoretically you have even nothing to do anymore with Raoul’s Sailing Centre CO.,Ltd but using your ex wife as MD is quit low. I even wonder if she fully understands the position you put her into. Off course she has no choice as she depends entirely on you for financial support.

    Now to the point where you accused and charged me of the fact of embezzling 4,8 M baht. So let me see, I have your two statements to the Najomtien Police here beside me. According to you I transfered 1,2 M to my company account over a period of 10 months without you knowing it. How bizarre. I have here 11 signed and stamped invoices by you from my company to yours together with 11 signed and stamped ( by you ) international transfer request from Kasikorn bank. As you know I was not authorized to make international transfers. As for the other 3,6 million I would say look again to the email I sent to you a week before I left with the exel file or the over 400 pages counting file I gave to Allessandro, your new GM at that time, with overviews month by month and copies of every receipt and invoices during that period . If you would look for the originals just check your accounting if you have lost them let me know, I also have a copy of it. If any money would be missing I will be happy to deduct it from the money you owe me. If you still are not convinced look at the daily emails from the office sent to you with the overview of all the done payments. When I last checked there are over 200. So you to claim to the police that from every payment ever made over a period of then months the complete amount is missing is in my opinion to say it mild a complete lie. So with this said to refresh your memory, mine is perfectly fine by the way, you admit in your message above you only extorted 250 000 Baht from me to release my boat and withdraw your charges together with the arrest warrant because I am a good guy that made a mistake. Well Thank you so much Raoul ! That is so good of you.

    People who read this might think way I defended myself not legally if I have all this evidence of my innocence ? Well most of you know by now the justice system in not working so well and pure economically paying 250 K is much cheaper then to pursuit this way. I would of still been stuck there at this moment. Also hiding with an arrest warrant above your head issued by a Police station that was happy to accept Mr Raoul his money to skip a few legal steps before doing so is not really a way of living. But have to say, it gave me some time to travel around in the beautiful country Thailand is, so thanks again Raoul. I have some very nice memories of that time. ( Not being sarcastic here)

    Why I write here again today ? On request of Raoul Bianchetti himself.
    See Mail below

    (No Subject)‏

    3/1/2013

    Reply ▼

    Raoul

    To akiraterelst@hotmail.com

    From:raoul (raoul@loxinfo.co.th) Sent:Friday, March 01, 2013 3:38:30 PMTo:akiraterelst@hotmail.com

    Dear akira , high integrity person

    Tomorrow i will read all the blogs. If i dont find a few posts of yourself , and very convincing ones ,I will write to belgium police to explain in details all your story and who you are and what you did to buy the yacht . As i listened from your mouth . I will not change a word

    1 kg x sq mt…..

    the ideal target….mr high integrity …..

    Sent from Samsung Mobile

    Because of something I did in the past and told Raoul when I was still naive and believed he was a good man with bad luck. In the mail above he wrote me today he is referring actually to some marihuana I growed for personal use. How he thinks to scare me with this, I have no idea. It is quit common here in Belgium although theoretically still illegal. How he came up that this is how I paid my boat ? Must be his wild imagination. He knows very well that the money came from my mother who invested it the company we started up in Belgium. Believe me if I say this is not Thailand here. Tax departments love to investigate these kind of companies with boats overseas. And as a matter of fact they did already.

    So Raoul, I hope by writing again on this blog I complied to your black mailing once again. And like you mentioned before : No hard feelings. I understand it is just a part of your marketing strategy. At least I seem to be the ideal target for your black mailing.

    A little bit to much of my private life here in the open, but yes, I suppose I had that coming when I posted here under my own name.

    Raoul give my regards to the Belgian police but you have to know offering them money won’t help your case here.

    Curious to see what facts you will twist an manipulate in your reply. I will answer them as good as I can.
    What will be the next thing you will threaten me ?

    Akira ter Elst.

  • Happy

    Akira ter Elst

    Akira, you no worry abouta him. He deficiento. Disgraziato. His strategy is same witha all a person. We are all your side. We know whoa is the bigga liar, him cana nota help himself.

  • Akira ter Elst

    Hi Raoul,

    We are making progress. Still got not over the dog food ? Like you say; YOUR boatyard dogs with Italian names you abandoned. Consider it as a good deed to improve your karma. The motorbike : when I accepted to work for you there was the company car included. When Mathew joined you also offered him a company car included. As he needed it to go up and down BPK and do the purchasing there was one missing. I used the motorbike instead of a car to drive up and down where ever you wanted me to meet. ( Also for private use at the evening, I admit). So not for my girlfriend, who was by the way, all months in Indonesia. The apartment : the one where I lived, I left in perfect condition completely cleaned up and with 500 baht on the table to your German house attendant for the laundry of the bed sheets. You have to understand I was in a hurry to leave because you threatened to sent the police if I was not gone within 24 h. You may be referring to the apartment downstairs with the water leak in the ceiling caused by your German house attendant. Sorry, I did not live there. About the car, is that the one you kicked in the door after an anger burst out ? Sorry again did not drive that car anymore for at least 2 months before you got it back. I never put a scratch on it. The salary : yes it is a high salary for Thailand but like you know it was invoiced by my company in Belgium so I need to deduct all the expenses from that amount ( social security in Belgium, taxes, accounting, insurances, …) You also forget the mention I had to deduct the taxes and social security in Thailand and the expenses for my work permit you had me refund against the agreement. So after all not so much left for working 6 and a half days on seven.

    My point is Raoul we can go over all the items you believe are up for discussion and if we add them all up we will not come to even the salary you still owe me from one and a half month. Far from the 300 K you owe me for the mast. This was all known by you before you went to to the police. So thanks for you for confirming this with your message above.

    The whole thing here is not about being moralistic. It is about the peoples life and dreams YOU destroy. And this has to come to an end. Sorry if this offends you.

  • Akira ter Elst

    Thanks a lot.

  • Happy

    Hima upset about a dog food becosa you buy him a wronga flavora,

  • hugeloss

    Hi Aki

    Good to hear you well. For what waste time and make effort for this low life Italy guy? We everybody know you always do your best help customers and you help R.B. solve many problems. He is coward little guy and always hide behind other people and use other people. How he can find is mistery.Some story now come public is total incredible, but true with many evidence. We talk to many people in marine business and more story found every day. Everybody watch news on this case and many victim and other people do good network and stay in touch. We so sorry, your boat no have mast and rigging, we know what boat have your mast, when R.B. take from your boat and lock your boat and start big lies. You help him one year, but at end he abuse everybody. So sad for you. We like meet you in Thailand soon one day and somebody will contact you next week, please you answer. No worry, we happy pay ticket. We think you have many info, but better you not get exite about this guy write story about you. No worry, nobody belive. All people know this is garbage and invention. For your happiness, so many people want see him in court and jail. We happy see you again and wish you luck from everybody.

  • Akira ter Elst

    Thanks. Much appreciated.

  • Jil

    + 1 for Akira Mr. R.B.’s activities are known allover town and Thailand. Would not worry what this
    looser writes about you. A ton of honest business people waiting for his arrest. He has done serious damage to Thailand’s yachting reputation. JlL.

  • MarcoM

    Akira,
    I think I met you and you were one of the only helpful people at the RB disaster. I wondered what happened to you. Keep on fighting !! You might want to keep those emails as they seem to be libel and that is a criminal offense in Thailand … got the names of any of those police officers RB introduced you to ?

    I almost believed there was a new wind in the business when I was looking for a builder but luckily someone educated me on your former boss’s tendencies to prefer the easy way to make money.

    BUT …….haven’t we forgotten one thing .. NO PRESS CONFERENCE, no police denial of the raid and the pending arrests but in the past week a lot more information and some pretty sad stories.

    Pity his poor ex-wives who are stuck as nominees (how many ex-wives are happily living in and around Casa Crazyland ?) but that was the point of some of the allegations … he hides behind ex-wives, shell companies and some say paid bullies and thugs.The more blogs, the more there seems to be a common thread concerning RB’s disasters both socially and commercially.

    To RB … better just change from being the “Fastest Man in Thailand” to “Fastest Man OUT OF Thailand” and save the DSI the trouble.

  • Ralph1956

    I know Raoul. He is really Italo, slimy little man. Not same professionel business man. He cheat one friend from me too. Very big problem with this man boat and also some big problem with SaleTax for him. I think they can kick him away from Thailand if authority want, but i think they want make example for bad falang in Pattaya and put him in the prison. My friend say big case from tax fraud and many people in this case and some other thing I not understand clear. Good luck for all police stop all bad Falang cheat Falang. Funny place Pattaya, same Sodom & Gomorrah. But for only fun ok and can enjoy. Ralph

  • Poland Victim

    Poland Victim said :
    This builder he cheatted my friends for 3 Million $, build 2 big yacht not finish and never deliver. you can go see 1 boat stand 1 yr. in dirty road near fcatory from this builder. Now already in many court and police department more 1 year.Thank you FBI for arrest and stop this man who do many damage to many people and the good country of Thailand. Thank you and everybody careful when build boat in Thailand, please.
    Email : Poland Victim

  • SailDude

    “they already got the life that they deserve” – Mr. Raoul: you are sooooo right . . . . . they have this “life” because of the enormous damages you inflicted in them. “Then” are hardworking, honest & decent people, who were completely taken-in by you and your very smooth M.O. ! ! How you can sleep at night, I will never understand, until I ‘google-ed’ the word Sociopath . . . . and then it all became instantly clear to me ! !
    May you too “get the life you deserve” and I’ll just bet this will happen sooner, rather than later, Mr. Bianchetti ! !
    I pity you.

  • JHA

    My mate got interviewed twice already by police and was supported by an excellent lawyer, who acted as translator, courtesy of some group of victims. Seems there are more and more people coming forward. They asked for any paperwork he had available including transfers from abroad and contracts.
    You think he might be able to recover some of his losses? In our country he could file a civil lawsuit after criminal conviction, but this seems to be quite a long process in Thailand. Reading all these posts on the www. the guy seems to be loaded? Porsche, Dragster, Properties allover Thailand.
    How was he able to get away with this for such a long period?
    Pretty sad the damage he has done to the Thai yacht-building business. A rather difficult business to begin with, then hit by a 10 year financial crisis and on top of that badly tarnished by such a ruthless individual. Looks like has no supporters left and everybody is applauding the police for their actions.
    I reckon a lot of people are following this story closely, hopefully anybody with information now steps up and reports to the authorities.
    To the Thai authorities and the DSI in Pattaya and Bangkok all of us send a THANK YOU for a great job. JHA

  • J.Jern

    We need phone/email/postal address of ‘Organized Crime Unit-Bangkok’ & same of ‘AMLO’ please.
    Good work DSI Thailand. Get rid of these foreigners who abuse your beautiful country. JJ.

  • http://www.facebook.com/priore.difranciacorta Priore Di Franciacorta

    Hi Raoul,
    Can you contact me? On facebook: Priore DiFranciacorta. I have a few questions, not about the matter that is posted here.
    Kind regards,

  • Jh., Singapore

    According to Mr. Bianchetti, he has built hundreds of large yachts during the last few years in his factory outside Bangkok.
    At least this we were told during email negotiations to build several commercial boats. We kept asking for references and yachts we could possibly see and do a sea trial on. He became very evasive and ended up with 3 names, all of them came back with bad to very bad feedback. We then checked out the factory. This was towards the end of last year. There is not even direct water access or facilities to launch a large yacht. The factory looked a total mess, hardly anything going on and there is a large yacht (new, but in bad shape already) parked across the road in a dirt lot.
    When we walked up to the boat a couple of police guards showed up and told us this boat is being watched for the rightful owners who try to have it delivered. As we can read on blogs, they are probably still waiting.
    When our Bangkok partners (Thai speaking) investigated a bit further, they found out, he did not know how to launch the yacht and just walked away from the project. We have no exact details, as we then immediately gave up our plans to build any commercial yachts with this yard.
    But since, we have learned that this guy has a horrible reputation and ends up in court with most of his customers. Many of them ending their dreams with a total loss.
    Indeed, this yard is very damaging to the Thai reputation, as our case shows. We will end up having our yachts built in Australia.
    Good job at least by the police and authorities. Maybe this will help all other yards to regain some trust of foreign customers.
    A question to local experts: Isn’t there a ‘Thai Yacht Building Association’? Such a body could easily eliminate people like Bianchetti, as they could inform potential customers early on about accredited builders. We understand most marine experts have known about this guy for many years. Just an idea. Jh.

  • P.B.C.

    Raoul has been known to be a cheat and dirty character for many years. Why did it take so long to stop him? Why did so many people have to get hurt? Why did nobody speak up? Were they all afraid and intimidated by this little Italian looser? Well, better late than never. The entire Pattaya business community applauds the Pattaya & Bangkok DSI for taking the many reports serious and for taking decisive action.
    This will also encourage people to come forward in this and similar cases, now that we know we have a strong and straight DSI that enforces the Thai law.
    You are our Thai Law Enforcement heroes*****! Keep up the good work and help us improve the negative image of the foreign business community. THX. PBC.

  • P.BC

    Sorry Mate (Howard?) Correct email for post 78 is: p.bc2013@yahoo.com
    Thanks for your great reporting. The only honest guy with no personal agenda in this beautiful town of Pattaya.
    What about you starting a new venture? *Asssociation of Honest Pattaya Business Owners*, a self-regulating body of independent businesses.

  • Quicksilver S.

    JJ; here’s that information for you:

    AMLO (Anti Money Laundering Office)
    Thailand

    422 Phayathai Rd.,
    Patumwan District,
    Bangkok
    10330, Thailand

    Post Box : 559
    Postal Code : Samsennai
    Bangkok 10400

    Tel. +66 2 219 3600
    Fax.+66 2 219 3700
    Email mail@amlo.go.th

    DSI (Department of Special Investigation)
    Organized Crime & Mafia Taskforce
    DSI Road 128 Rd.,
    Lak Si,
    Bangkok 10210
    Ph: +66 28 31 98 88
    Mob: +66 86 848 35 55
    Email: pravit@dsi.go.th

    May this devilish Raul Biancheti, aka “El Diablo-di-Pattaya” be in secured confines soon; the entire Yachting-Industry will sigh a very BIG sigh of relief ! ! ! ! !

  • ramos

    Well full of people leaving bad message or experiences , i am one of the potential victims since still work in process , but after weeks of reading i start believe more than this is all made up . First all these guy listing and putting down sentences they do not present themselves name and family name and email . So this could be useful for the victims like me to get some serious and concrete info to hand off to the lawyers. I am afraid here we are in front of a bunch of sharks that are only eating other sharks .. Readers , read carefully thru the lines of these people .. they are not worst or any better than this Raoul !
    Ramos.almor@yahoo.com

  • P.BC

    Buenos Dias Ramos or should we say Buongiorno Raoul:
    If you have doubts about the situation, just stop by the Pattaya Provincial Court, or pay a lawyer to do so and get a list of active court cases with RB involved. Next ask Mr. Bianchetti to introduce you to just 10 of his hundreds of happy customers. Next go to the local marinas and look for RB boats in the sea, in repair or being rebuilt. Chat a bit with the locals. Next head down to Phuket for a fun weekend and visit the few marinas there and talk to the main yacht-shops and a couple of the big suppliers, you might even run into the odd RB boat. Easy to pick out, the ones that look like sh.. after the first year in the sea, rusty stainless and faded and cracked paint-jobs are just the beginning. While you are down there visit the 3 or 4 approved marine surveyors. Just let them know you are talking off the record and confidential. At that time you might contact Mr. Bianchetti and tell him you intend to have a surveyor come up up once in a while to report on progress and validate his quality work. Pick the one you like best. They are all very good at their job and well respected in Thailand and abroad. Can’t wait for your report on his reaction. If you need a referral just mail us.
    Or, off course you can continue to believe that all the information about this yard on the web is not more than another Urban Legend.
    Please keep us updated on the progress of your yacht construction. And, why would you need to see a lawyer as you seem to have no issues with your yacht’s construction? We sincerely hope you will be able to enjoy a quality boat and many happy years of sailing. Nothing better than feeling that salty air in your face. P.BC

  • Julio N.

    Mr. Najeed; You need to get a good criminal lawyer very quick to protect your interests or you will never see your yacht. Take action now. You are not the first who is making this terrible experience. I hope you have not overpaid the yacht. How long have you been waiting for delivery? What is the yard telling you? Best of luck. Julio N.

  • J. Usher

    To All Victims of Raoul Bianchetti:

    The in-depth investigation & legal proceedings against Raoul Bianchetti
    are fast reaching their conclusions, but if you haven’t reported your
    damages/financial losses/extortion attempts/horror-story etc. to the Thai’
    authorities yet, it is now high time to do so. We, the ‘RB.victims-supportgroup’
    have been able to pass along a small mountain of fresh evidence &
    statements to the DSI, over the past few weeks; but from our research we know
    that there are even MORE victims, some of whom have NOT yet made their signed
    statements to the DSI. We
    invite you, hereby to do so now – and you should contact the DSI directly: pravit@dsi.go.th or you may send it to our
    support group at: rb.victims-supportgrp@hotmail.com
    and we will make sure it gets to the DSI-Organized Crime & Mafia Taskforce. This little, slimy and cowardly
    Fraudster named Raoul Bianchetti has made his last victim and his next stop
    will not feature any luxuries, but will be a genuine hell; a place well-known
    to his many (50+ !) victims . . . . .

  • >Doneoverbyrb<

    Hello Mr. Bianchetti:

    Remember me? You screwed me for 150 big-ones a while back. Not Thai-Baht, but US-$!
    Still alive & Still kicking! And you are always on my mind.
    You have brought so much misery to many of us and abused the Thai hospitality in the worst way possible.
    But you are finally famous, always wanted to be, little fastestmaninthailand.com!
    I am doing my best to make you even more famous; just waiting for the green light. In the meantime we watch CI-Network/Asian Swindlers. They pale in comparison to your actions the last decade.
    With the help of some friends, quite a bit of interest in this story has been generated, interest from producers and investigative journalists allover Asia.First on-cam interviews taken!
    Buddy, we might even get you on prime-time.
    Hopefully, anybody who has been used & abused by youis reporting their experience and fully supports this effort to put you where you should have been for the last 10 years already.

    Akira, we know you got screwed by Mr. Bianchetti. You should report your case of extortion, if you have not done yet. You can do it through the Thai Embassy. the DSI has a worldwide network. Hopefully your boat has now a mast & sails.

    Mr. Bianchetti, you should be ashamed for what you have done to the reputationof the Thai Yachting Community.
    You must know that EVERYBODY applauds the DSI and police and praises them for their great job. THANK YOU DSI!
    The more information they get from people about your dirty deeds and the more
    >Thank YouLetters Doneoverbyrb<

  • Marinaman

    Good day – I have been doing marine related business in Thailand for many years – It is a fact that Raoul is a rotten apple and many of us have been wondering how he could get away with this for years.
    Some of us made a few $ with him, if he ever paid his bills – Many of us actually lost a few $ -
    One of the main reasons, as a matter of fact, were his immediate and most aggressive actions an intimidation techniques the moment anybody questioned his illegal actions and unethical behavior – I won’t get into details, as this is not the forum for such, details have been made available to the DSI already.
    We now seem to have reached crossroads or as we sailors would say, the tide has definitely
    turned – Raoul must be a very lonely man these days – Just about anybody has turned away from him – Every business man from here o Phuket is informed and delighted.
    We all have part in this terrible story and we might not even have realized how much damage Raoul has done to our own businesses and reputations – We all should have spoken up years ago – We certainly might have in a Western country.
    Let us do the right thing now – Somebody step forward and start working on a *Thai-Marine-Society* or similar, so this can never happen again.
    We must establish international standards and we must regulate the marine business from within.
    We have very capable surveyors, yacht-builders, the worlds leading sail & mast maker, some very large marina-enterprises and much more – Let us unite.
    But even more important at this point, let us write to the authorities, some contacts are mentioned below and let us confirm the damage this man has done to Thailand, let us express our gratitude to the DSI and the courts.
    Certainly the Pattaya DSI will happily forward any letters they receive to higher-ups.
    This must be a concerted effort – Let us make sure Raoul disappears for a long time and can never hurt innocent customers, family fathers, husbands, people who have saved a lifetime to realize their dream of building their own yacht and sail the world, in this great country of Thailand again.
    Don’t delay, do your part today – My letters have been mailed today.
    Great work of the authorities and the Thai FBI (DSI). Fine people!

    Marinaman

  • Bigfin

    Word is, R.B. has also ripped off AL FAJER ENTERPRISES-Dubai, a few years back / Fully owned by THE Ruling Family / This seems to haunt Mr. R.B. now / Doubt he will buy his way out of this one / Good job DSI & Police / Don’t forget to check his tax returns & VAT / R.B. you are the talk of town, or at least the talk of every bloody marina from here to Australia / Well done mate! BF

  • Guillio N.

    This cases seams to be take very long – even per Thai’ standards; I hear rumor that authorities want to make a example from Raoul Bainchetti. Seeming that this case is not just 1 casesm but a few – and all the criminal cases ! ! Is also the rumor I hear is that because is so HUGE proof against this Italian Devil-Man, they not even make the possibility from his bailing hisself out, but (like the game Monopoly) GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL . . . . . I thinking this is the good solution because this man he ruining soooo many people lifes; now will be him turn to suffering like live in the hell ! !
    THANK YOU to DSI and Police Thai’ ! !

  • Ralph1956

    The police now already take interview and all document from my friend who Raoul cheat also.
    They friendly and very detail more than 2 hour. My friend think serious case and now Thailand want clean bad imagery from bad foreigners. Because also start big clean in Phuket and Bangkok. This why now Special Police from Bangkok and no more Pattaya. Good for Thailand if stop so many crime happen every day and so many people loose everything. I warn my friend before, how can be stupid and believe can get good quality from this man. Everybody in Yacht Club know him long time and not like him many years. Good work for police. We thank you very much. Ralph

  • Aquillio Santos

    Breaking News:
    I just speak to a guy who is putting together a YouTube Video Clip about the horrible things this Italian Raoul Bionchetti has commit against the so many peoples (his “Victim-Clients”) and the title of this little vdo is:

    “The EVIL MAN From Pattaya”.

    . . . . coming soon & all over the world . . . . .

  • guestinth

    Hi Akira, the law is working and i’m from your side too. We just need to wait that DSI will finish ti check every things and we will be free to post our comment. Is not difficult to made a profile of RB, just write his name on google and you can read many post from many customers. You are right in your story but let the DSI go on it and we will see the results soon!!!

  • Aussie-64

    We were to meet with the owner of the RB-factory this
    week to discuss a new project.

    However, after reading up on the internet and finding tons
    of only negative feedback,

    we kind of got suspicious. So we decided to pay the
    factory a visit without announcing it. We stopped by on our way from the
    airport. It is quite a large factory hall on this river nearby.

    Our mistrust turned into disbelief immediately.

    What a dump!! Any yard we had looked at in Malaysia &
    Phuket compared like a 5* facility to RB-factory. There were several what
    looked like abandoned, half-done hulls in there. We could not see any useable
    materials or machinery, just old dilapidated, rusty junk.

    There were a few workers hanging out, chatting and
    smoking. Nobody paid attention to our group of 3 people and we could just walk
    onto the boats.

    There was one very large cat, also half-done, parked on
    one side and an identical one, already in bad shape outside the factory on a
    dirt-lot. When we approached that one, some security guards walked up and told
    us they were police and had to watch this boat for the rightful owner, as the
    owner of the yard is “bad man” and “not deliver boat long-time” and “make many
    problems for people”.

    We had seen enough and headed to Pattaya to check out
    some yards at the local marina there.

    It pays to be careful these days and certainly this
    Italian dude takes the cake.

    Best of luck to all his customers. Very doubtful they
    will enjoy their RB-yachts.

    Aussie-64

  • Sailor1954

    Raoul has been known to be a total amateur & cheat since his early days. Seems however, that he could find a ready supply of naive people on the internet. I feel sorry for everybody who got ripped off. I got away cheap many years back, with a small repair I had done by Raoul. Ridiculous job. Had to be redone all over again and I made sure none of my friends at the Yacht Club would fall into this slimy Italian’s trap. About time the authorities are catching up with him. There are plenty of horror stories about Raoul going around. What goes around comes around….!!! Sailor1954

  • Clubmember

    +1 ! Fully agreed. Raoul Binachetti is a unscrupulous miserable guy. Also a total failure in business. He has started a bunch of businesses and they all failed. I put some blame on his customers who seem to be very, very naive people. They find the guy on the internet, but don’t have the brains to google him. We may safely assume his best days are over and the heat is on. he might get a taste of his own medicine soon. Clubmember/Pattaya.

  • Clubmember

    Great report Aussie-64! Finally a smart buyer who does his homework. Have a look around in Ocean Marina and talk to some yacht-owners. There is a couple of decent builders in the area. Jack Hall / ex Hans Christian Yachts is one of them. Good luck and congratulations for not let the Italian rip you off! Clubmember

  • Albert C.

    I got curious about all the reports about this yard and as a mate of mine is ready to get a catamaran himself, we took a ride up to this factory today. Startling, we walked right by the security guy. A few workers doing not much of anything. Whole place filled with rubbish. A couple of large unfinished d yachts, deserted or abandoned? One was a cat, the other one looked more like a gigantic bathtub than a boat. Can not imagine that anybdoy inspecting that dump would dream of giving this yard even a dinghy to build. Bloody amazing how people can fall into this guy’s trap. Albert C.

  • Aquillio Santos

    Amazing; more so because when I spoke with a number of people in the “boating-business” (Brokers, Builders; Shop-Owners etc.) the very moment you mention the name Raoul Bianchetti, people give you that look, like they’ve just eaten something very distastefull, while just having stepped in some dog-pooh . . . . . .

    Amazing that so many people have been able to be defrauded by this evil little man from Pattaya ! ! ! ! !

    Heard through the grapevine that his arrest is now imminent ?
    The sooner, the better; – the cleaner the yacht-business in Thailand !

  • Phuketandreas

    Fully agree Cody. This guy need be locked up in Bangkok Hilton (not hotel!) for very long time. Incredibly how long time nobody do nothing and police watch. But now I hear from good friend in police they very serious to lock him and make big warning for foreigners use country Thailand to cheat people and same cheat country. I think can read him in jail not long time now. I can hope his many customer, good people, can get some money back. her in Phuket Marina everybody know this guy and warn not do business with him before long time.We must say thank you very much for DSI in Pattaya and Bangkok for stop this man. I think they start big action for stop foreign mafia, same in Phuket where I live. Bye bye Italy man. No pizza and salami in jail. Good luck to many victims. So very sorry for you. Everybody be careful now.

  • Aquillio Santos

    @Cody: Yes and I also hearing about woman (name Phui or something like) is helping him with many non-legal things doing and she also will have the many problems with the law. But is not the probleme because in that Bangkok-Hilton have the special place for the woman sure.
    I cannot wait for day these 2 criminalies will be looking out from the inside the metal bars and then may be to realize all damage they do to so many the victims.
    I think in Thailande they call it the “Karma”: you do the evil to others, then you will receive the evil back 100 x what you causing to other people first ! ! ! !
    Thanks you for Lady Justice ! !

  • deepseadiver2345

    A close friend just filed charges for commercial fraud and several other criminal offenses via his Bangkok law-firm with a Special Department of the Thai Police. He will present his case also to the Task Force of the DSI in Bangkok next week.He seems to be one of the latest victims. His lawyers told him he is one of many and the charges against this Italian swindler are huge. We just hope they don’t let him leave the country. Lock him up!
    It seems the authorities are now committed to clean up the landscape littered with with many foreigners abusing the Thai hospitality. Phuket, Samui & Pattaya are on their list. Kudos to the Government and the DSI Pattaya & Bangkok. Great job! Kob Khun Krab*

  • USGREG2007

    Is this the same Italian that just got arrested in North Thailand? Great on the Police to lock up these foreign criminals. They must know Thailand is no more a country of refuge for the scum of the earth. I now see more and more foreigners working for Bangkok police departments and special task forces, even seen them in drug raids in Bangkok.
    I hope he gets what he deserves for ruining all these peoples lives. However I don’t understand how naive some people are. Are they not checking with previous customers, the internet, local shops and competition?

    Great job Thai Royal Police, now let the prosecutors and judges have their fun with him and others like him. Gregory

  • Island-Joe

    Hi USGREG >

    No, the papers say this was an Italian that committed fraud in Italy and is now being extradited back to stand trial.
    Raoul Binachetti, he calls himself boat/builder and entrepreneur, lives in Pattaya, not in the North.
    All expats here are flabbergasted he is not in jail yet, but some of the victims are still submitting their cases and being interviewed. It seems the case has now moved even higher up to Bangkok. He has pissed of and cheated some very influential people it seems, not only abroad, but also here in Thailand. I know a couple of guys who got ripped off by this impostor. They seem to know him well and have been waiting for a long time to get even. They say the guy is a total nutcase and has no conscience whatsoever. Everybody seems to be following this case and my two mates have also contacted the authorities with their experience. One of them was called in for an interview a few weeks back already.
    Will try to meet him and get an update and post if possible.
    Now everybody seems to have their fingers crossed to wake up one morning to the news of the next Italian arrested for his misdeeds. You are damn right, people should better check carefully before considering doing any business with any farang here in Thailand. So many swindlers active here in Pattaya and Thailand. Island-Joe

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