A Portuguese man was arrested in Bangkok after allegedly running a massive cryptocurrency and credit card scam across Europe and Asia, police confirmed. The Portuguese national 39 year old Carlos Laposo, dubbed the “crypto kingpin” in Portuguese media, was apprehended at a luxury shopping mall on Rama I Road after Thai immigration officers tracked him down following a tip-off from a fellow tourist. Working with biometric data and media reports from Portugal, police matched Laposo’s identity using facial recognition technology. That changed yesterday, October 2, when a Portuguese tourist called the police, claiming to have seen the fugitive near a central Bangkok shopping mall. According to Portuguese media reports, the total damage from his schemes is estimated at over 500 million euros (approximately 19 billion baht), much of it hidden in Swiss bank accounts, reported Matichon.