A POPULAR YouTuber dubbed ‘Nutty’ has fled Thailand after she allegedly swindled fans out of pocket, police have said.

Bikini-clad Natthamon Khongchak is alleged to have defrauded up to 6,000 victims of £47 million but cops are now hunting her and a warrant has been issued for her arrest.

Natthamon runs a YouTube channel boasting over 80,000 subscribers where she regularly shares trading tips, posing a foreign exchange trader.

Her Instagram is awash with videos showcasing the star’s luxury lifestyle, included her visiting tropical beaches, posing with expensive cars and taking part in dance classes.

But lawyers representing the alleged victims have since filed multiple complaints with prosecutors in Thailand.

They claim she has used her influence on social media platforms to lure victims into investing money with the promise of quick returns of 35 per cent but not paying out.

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Thai police confirmed that the Bangkok Criminal Court had issued an arrest warrant for Khongchak and that a notice would be given to Interpol.

Colonel Thapakorn Hanumas said so far police have received complaints from 102 victims reporting they have lost money totalling around £700,000.

He said officers were investigating the "latest clue" which "comes from someone who shared a video claiming that Nutty was found in Malaysia".

His colleague Lieutenant Colonel Watthana Ket-Amphai added: "The suspect has links to Singapore and Malaysia, which we are investigating.

"We are confident that she will be caught with the co-operation of police in these countries."

Phaisal Ruangri, a lawyer who campaigns to help fraud victims, said there are around 6000 victims who have allegedly been fleeced of a total of £47 million.

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He claimed one investor had deposited as much as £423,000 with Natthamon and was yet to received any returns.

"The investors trusted her because she was a popular YouTube star with almost a million subscribers," he said.

"She used her popularity to trick her followers.

"On social media she displayed her wealth, with holidays, designer clothes, handbags, and cars. Her fans believed she was a successful businesswoman."

Her scheme began to unravel in in April, when investors began claiming they had not received the return they had been promised.

A month later, Natthamon stated in an Instagram post that she had made a mistake in trading and lost all the money – promising she would pay back her investors.

At the time she told her loyal followers that she would not be able to repay other investors if she was jailed.

She has not posted online since May.

Speaking to local media, one of the victims said that she had lost the equivalent of £42,000 from the apparent scam.

"I was saving this money to send my children to university," she said.

"I thought that the money Nutty promised would help us live a more comfortable life. Now I am sick with worry as I've lost everything."

According to the arrest warrant Natthamon and her secretary Nichapat Ratananukrom are wanted "for together defrauding people".

They are accused "advertising or announcing to the public of money borrowing where the pay benefits rates are higher than the highest interest rate that a financial institution can pay".

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Natthamon has not spoken publicly about the case or been available for comment.

She did not respond to direct messages sent to her Instagram account by The Sun on Wednesday.

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