Amlo impounds B1bn assets of alleged gambling bosses
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published : 10 Mar 2021 at 17:38
3 Siapo Po-arnon, yellow shirt, is taken to the Crime Suppression Division after his arrest at his house on Feb 4, 2021, on charges of running an online gambling operation. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The Anti-Money Laundering Office has impounded assets worth more than one billion baht from two gambling operators arrested during a crackdown on dirty money last month.
Amlo deputy secretary-general Piyaphan Pingmuang on Wednesday announced the decision to freeze the assets of three people - Siapo Po-arnon, his mother Banyen Channara and Somchai Jutikitdet.
The assets total worth was 1.2 billion baht, he said. They included bank accounts, gold jewellery, vehicles, condominium units, houses and blocks of land.
Department to auction seized assets
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published : 5 Mar 2021 at 09:26 Yuttana: Aiming for transparency
The Treasury Department is preparing to launch an online auction of lawfully seized assets this month to enhance transparency of asset sales.
The auctioned assets are properties the department received from the Anti-Money Laundering Office and the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, said Yuttana Yimgarund, director-general of the department.
There are 156 lawfully seized assets, comprising of land, land and buildings, buildings constructed on land plots and apartments and condominiums, said Mr Yuttana.
The online auction process will be launched this month.
The first-round auction will be launched around the clock for seven days via https://auction.treasury.go.th
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Thirty-four members of a cyber crime ring running online casinos with over one billion baht in circulation have been arrested during police raids in Bangkok and six provinces.