Showing 31 - 40 of 221
Ex-abbot beats fund-theft rap
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/09/2020
» The Appeal Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and acquitted the former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and his aide of all charges relating to alleged embezzlement in a five million baht Buddhist education project.
Supachai cleared of fraud in KCUC case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/07/2020
» Supachai Srisupa-aksorn, the former chairman of the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC), has been cleared of fraud in the KCUC embezzlement scandal.
'Influencer' takes more flak
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/06/2020
» Popular social media influencer Sean Buranahiran who came under fire last week over his video clip describing Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon as "kind of sweet" is now being accused of misspending donations raised for a wildfire protection project.
Former officials found guilty of siphoning religious funds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/05/2020
» A corruption court has found five former National Office of Buddhism (NOB) officials, including a former chief, guilty of stealing 21 million baht from the organisation in 2015.
Police nab online face-mask fraudster
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/03/2020
» Police have arrested an alleged fraudster who lured about 200 people into paying for low-priced face masks that were never delivered.
Former abbot hit with fresh conviction
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/03/2020
» The former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya, Phra Phrom Dilok, has received an additional eight-month prison sentence, suspended for one year, in connection with the embezzlement of a five-million-baht budget allocated for a Buddhist education project.
11 named in temple frauds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/03/2020
» The National Anti-corruption Commission (NACC) on Wednesday revealed the identities of 11 people -- among them a former abbot -- at the centre of a probe into temple fund embezzlement.
Former Wat Sa Ket abbot guilty of embezzlement
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/02/2020
» A former Wat Sa Ket (the Golden Mount) abbot was yesterday sentenced to a 36 month jail term, suspended for two years, and fined 27,000 baht for embezzling temple funds to the tune of 69.7 million baht.
News anchor Sorrayuth gets 8 years
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/01/2020
» Former TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda lost his final appeal and the Supreme Court sent him to prison for eight years yesterday, concluding the drawn-out MCOT advertising revenue embezzlement case.
TV's Sorrayuth to hear final verdict on Jan 21
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/01/2020
» The Supreme Court will rule on Jan 21 whether former TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda embezzled state advertising revenue from MCOT Plc. The ruling will be read out in the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases at 10am that day, a source said.