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Probe into temple funds intensifies
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/08/2025
» Authorities are intensifying an investigation into Wat Phrabat Namphu amid allegations of large-scale corruption, focusing on the temple's affiliated foundation as a potential "loophole" for embezzlement.
Chinese fugitive wanted in B11bn fraud case arrested in Bangkok
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/03/2025
» Immigration police have arrested a Chinese fugitive wanted over an embezzlement case worth 2.4 billion yuan (about 11 billion baht).
Ex-banker charged with faking car-lease contracts
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/06/2024
» Police have arrested a former senior bank employee accused of falsifying loan and auto leasing contracts to get commission fees in Muang district of Phitsanulok province.
Former abbot gets 468-year term for embezzlement
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/03/2024
» A 468-year sentence has been handed down to a former abbot of Wat Pa Dhammakiri in Nakhon Ratchasima for his involvement in an embezzlement case involving almost 300 million baht.
Pheu Thai digital money giveaway sparks scam apps
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/08/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) warned on Friday that online scammers are promoting false advertisements for the 10,000-baht digital wallet scheme, a policy proposed by the Pheu Thai Party.
Former monk denies theft of temple funds
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/05/2023
» A former monk, arrested with two others for allegedly embezzling 180 million baht from Wat Pha Dhammakiri in Nakhon Ratchasima during his tenure there, denied the charge during police questioning.
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.
Municipal clerk nabbed for B15m embezzlement
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/01/2023
» A financial clerk of a subdistrict municipality in Nakhon Sawan has been arrested by Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) police after she was found to have siphoned over 15.8 million baht from her agency's finance office.
Police seized B309m worth of assets linked to fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/09/2022
» Authorities have seized assets worth over 309 million baht from suspects accused of swindling police officers out of their savings and credit cooperatives in Phatthalung, which caused losses of up to 1.48 billion baht.
Saxena's last appeal thrown out
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/09/2022
» The Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings against financier Rakesh Saxena, sentencing him to 335 years in prison in three lawsuits in connection with the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) embezzlement scandal.