Key suspect in B1bn scam detained
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published : 17 May 2021 at 19:30
6 Prasit Jeawkok, chairman of the Kuen Khun Pandin project, reports to police at the Crime Suppression Division, in Bangkok on Monday. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
The major suspect of a high-profile scam with damage estimated at more than 1 billion baht has been detained after turning himself in.
Prasit Jaewkok met Pol Maj Gen Suwat Saengnoom, head of the Crime Suppression Division, on Monday morning to acknowledge public fraud charges. Five other people had also been charged.
Police will seek court approval for the first round of his detention on Tuesday.
The story of four high-profile suspects arrested in connection with a fraudulent investment ring estimated to have made off with at least 1 billion baht reminded us of an earlier hi-so fraud. In the recent case, police detained “Lt Col Dr Amraporn Visetsuk, chairwoman of the Tiao Puea Chart (Travel for the Country) project, and…
22 Prasit Jeawkok (holding microphone), chairman of the Kuen Khun Pandin project, speaks during a briefing last October in Bangkok on how to revive the economy. He is now at large after police cracked down on an allegedly fraudulent network of companies controlled by him this week. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
Police have arrested four high-profile suspects in connection with a fraudulent investment ring, including a well-known tourism project, with damage estimated at 1 billion baht.
Crime suppression officers launched a sting operation at nine locations in Greater Bangkok this week. They acted on complaints filed by thousands of victims.
They took into custody Lt Col Dr Amraporn Visetsuk, chairwoman of the Tiao Puea Chart (Travel for the Country) project, and three others, on charges of public fraud and collaborating in fraudulent public borrowing. All of them denied the charges.