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Abbot's aide gets 10-year stretch for B200m fraud
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/03/2023
» The Criminal Court on Tuesday handed down a 10-year jail sentence to Apirat Jayankura Na Ayudhya, a close aide of the late abbot of Wat Bowon Niwet, for forgery to embezzle 80 million baht from the temple's accounts.
Amlo freezes assets of alleged temple fraudster
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/05/2022
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has frozen assets worth more than 92 million baht held by five people including a man accused of embezzling some 190 million baht intended for a temple renovation project.
B92m in assets seized from accused temple embezzler
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/05/2022
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has seized assets worth about 92 million baht from an aide to the late abbot Somdej Phra Wannarat of Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara and four others close to him.
Man 'took cut' of temple funds
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/04/2022
» Another disciple of late abbot Somdej Phra Wannarat of Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara is suspected of playing a hand in the embezzlement of 32 million baht of funds from two branch temples in Trat.
Temple 'embezzler' had plans for supercar
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/04/2022
» Further details have emerged about luxury cars purchased by suspected embezzler Apirat Jayankura Na Ayudhya, a close aide of the late abbot Somdej Phra Wannarat of Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara.
Temple embezzler says funds 'gift'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/04/2022
» The alleged embezzler of some 190 million baht intended for the renovation of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara has denied the charges levelled against him, saying the money was given to him as as a gift, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridet said yesterday.
Aggressive gun owners a new worry
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/03/2020
» Deadly shootings at shopping malls have never been a pressing issue in Thailand until early this year.
Man loses B239 million to gang of sweet talkers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/01/2020
» Five people were arrested for allegedly swindling a 79-year-old man out of over 230 million baht, by using tricks such as pretending to be high-ranking army officers, a senior official at the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) said.
Five charged with swindling retiree out of B239m
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/01/2020
» Five people have been arrested on charges of swindling a retired engineer out of 239 million baht over seven years, with one of them claiming to be army chief Apirat Kongsompong.
'Apirat's daughter' scam exposed
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/08/2019
» SING BURI: A young woman using a fake Facebook profile and claiming to be the daughter of army chief Apirat Kongsompong has been charged with conning men out of money.