"He ran out of money and tried to squeeze more money out of his family back home by instructing his friends to disguise themselves as kidnappers."

After repeatedly extending the vacation and asking the family to send more money, Ian found himself broke, so there was no budget to buy alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, and other pleasures.

"He also convinced his friends to beat him up and disguise themselves as masked gangsters. With this method, he was able to stage a kidnapping and demand ransom money from his family."

Ian convinced his friends who were partying to punch his face and let it bruise. His photos in a injured state, which indeed looked real, but the result of collusion, were sent to his family.

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "The international police organization participated in handling the case of the fake kidnapping orchestrated by Ian. The police successfully traced him to a hotel in Pattaya and formed a search team."

When they broke down the door of his room, instead of finding a bound and helpless victim, they actually found a drunken tourist partying with his kidnappers.