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Court orders detention of Dr. Boon’s ex-wife, daughter

  THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek road today (Nov. 25) ordered the detention of fraud suspect on the run Dr. Boon Vanasin’s ex-wife and daughter pending consideration of documents after they submitted 2 million baht each for bail, Naewna newspaper said. The next hearing on a bail request by Mrs. Charuwan Vanasin, 79, and their […]

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Driver: Dr. Boon and ex-wife lived in the same house

  THE driver of the ex-wife of Dr. Boon Vanasin, 86, who is on the run from charges of defrauding investors said at noon today (Nov. 24) when he brought food for her and their daughter who are being detained and questioned at Phaya Thai police station that the two of them lived in the […]

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Two Swedish men wanted on fraud charges arrested in Pattaya

  TWO SWEDISH men wanted in their home country for allegedly running a call centre gang that scammed over 50 million baht were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Oct. 29). Upon being tipped off that Swedish men who allegedly ran a call centre gang were hiding in Bang Lamung district […]

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Woman who defrauded New Zealand Ambassador caught after 14 years

  A THAI woman who was part of a gang that had defrauded the New Zealand Ambassador to Thailand in 2008 by making a fake copy of his credit card and spending over 10 million baht was arrested yesterday after 14 years on the run, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 19). Central Investigation Bureau chief […]

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Thai police arrest suspect wanted by FBI

  By Naewna and Theloadstar.com CRIME Suppression Division (CSD) police arrested a German-American man on the charges of conspiracy to defraud through electronic media and money laundering at his condo in Ladprao Soi 10, Chatuchak district, today (Apr. 14), Naewna newspaper said. CSD Commander Pol.Lt.Gen. Montree Thetkhan led a team to arrest the suspect wanted […]

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Ex-deputy premier ‘sues couple, parents for fraud’

  AN ALLEGED police letter to a former deputy prime minister who had an affair with a married woman which is circulating online today (Jan. 11) states that progress had been made on fraud charges he had filed against the couple and the woman’s parents, Matichon newspaper said. This follows Mr. Sittra Biabungkerd, a well-known […]

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Business

Indian financier Rakesh Saxena’s 335 years imprisonment upheld

  THE Supreme Court today (Sept. 12) upheld a sentence of a 335 years imprisonment and 33.5 million baht fine plus refund of 2.5 billion baht against Indian financier Rakesh Saxena for massive embezzlement that led to the collapse of Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) in the mid-1990s, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. […]

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Three suspects arrested in food fraud raid 

  POLICE arrested three suspects on trademark counterfeiting charges in a raid on a single-storey house in Pathum Thani province where unbranded monosodium glutamate (MSG) food additive was found falsely-labelled under a well-known brand, Sanook.com said yesterday (July 27). Altogether 54,445 items separated into 21 categories were seized during the raid and aside from the […]

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Interpol issues red notice for Thai woman, Singaporean husband in 800m baht fraud case

  THAI police are following up on the international hunt for a Thai woman and her Singaporean husband for whom Interpol has issued a red notice after 180 victims of their alleged luxury bags and watches fraud with losses totalling over 800 million baht had filed complaints with Singaporean police, Naewna newspaper said today (July […]

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Property

DSI moves to seize 1bn baht assets from Chiang Mai, Krabi condo developer

THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) today (June 24) raided the office and residence of a condo developer in Chiang Mai and gathered documents to seize assets worth 1 billion baht over fraud charges in the development of projects in this northern city and Krabi, Naewna newspaper said.  Mr. Traiyarit Temhuong, DSI’s head, said the […]

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