Meditation centre nuns charged with B10m investment scheme fraud
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published : 28 Apr 2021 at 12:39
16 Ms Issaree, 49, alias Mae Chee Ou (nun Ou), owner of Phra Phutsikkhi meditation centre in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom, is taken to Muang police station to face fraud charges. (Photo: Pattanapong Sripiachai)
NAKHON PHANOM: Three Buddhist nuns have been arrested and charged with running a pyramid scheme-like fund out of a meditation centre in Muang district, allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors out of 10 million baht.
A team led by Nakhon Phanom police chief Pol Maj Gen Thanachart Rodkhlongtan apprehended the alleged leader, Mae Chee Ou (nun Ou), at Phra Phutsikkhi meditation centre in tambon Nong Yat of Muang district on Wednesday.