By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE WERE ENCOURAGED today (Feb.20) to confiscate a building in the heartland of Bangkok allegedly owned by a notorious money-laundering suspect who has turned it into the Ruam Thai Sang Chart headquarters. During a press conference, Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome called on police chief Pol.Gen.Damrongsak Kittiprapat to indiscriminately follow
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Lucky licence plate auction winner being probed for money laundering
THE COMPANY that won a lucky vehicle licence plate number at an auction on Saturday with record-breaking 45.09 million baht bid now faces investigation for money laundering, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Dec. 12). Pol. Lt. Gen. Santi Chainiramai, chief of Technology Crime Suppression Division, said it was the well-known Facebook page “Sai
Read moreFugitive Chinese-born grey businessman still in Thailand, protected by a big shot
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CHINESE-BORN businessman who has evaded arrest on drug-related charges is currently hiding somewhere in Thailand under care of a highly-placed, powerful person, said former MP Chuvit Kamonvisit today (Nov.19). Chuvit, widely known as an entertainment business entrepreneur, said the fugitive Chinese-born businessman, identified as Tu Hao alias Chaiyanat Kornchaiyanan,
Read moreJunta-linked Myanmar tycoon under initial 12-day detention
A MYANMAR tycoon linked to the upper echelons of his country’s ruling military junta and facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges in Thailand was ordered by court to an initial 12-day detention on Sept. 20, Matichon newspaper said today (Sept. 23). Tun Min Latt, 53, was arrested in Bangkok in a dawn raid
Read moreFormer head of Krisda Mahanakorn property giant gets 860 years in jail
THE former top executive of Krisda Mahanakorn was sentenced to 860 years in jail by the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases today (August 19) on money laundering charges with five other defendants including his son also given lengthy jail terms, Matichon newspaper said. However as the maximum imprisonment is 20 years
Read morePolice smash network laundering B200 billion drug money
IN A nationwide operation police broke up a major drug trafficking network which was working on laundering 200 billion baht with 300 suspected arrested including gold shop and oil business owners, INN News report this afternoon (June 19). Seized in this operation was a total of 700,000 tablets of methamphetamine (Speed) and around five kilogrammes
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