DSI to arrest 87 over public fraud
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The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday concluded its investigation into 13 teacher cooperatives' lottery pyramid scheme, and will charge 87 suspects - who cheated some 1,000 individuals and the cooperatives of Bt8.5 billion - of public fr
Chief investigator Pol Colonel Piyawat Kingket said the suspects included cooperatives’ executives in Loei, Chaiyaphum, Roi Et, Sakhon Nakhon, Kalasin, Yasothon, Pathum Thani, Ratchaburi, Nonthaburi, Songkhla and Chiang Rai as well as three private lottery companies. He said the new executives of the cooperatives could also sue their predecessors for compensation.
DSI chief Tarit Pengdith said he had received a 400page report and assigned his deputy Yannapol Yangyeun to put together a team to investigate and offer respite to some minor offenders if they can testify against the big fish behind this fraud.
