Accountant fleeced firm of millions, Khon Kaen police say
An employee at a Khon Kaen-based construction company allegedly forged some 1,000 cheques over the past four years to embezzle Bt640 million from her boss.
The boss, who found out in January when the bank informed him his firm’s cheques had “bounced” due to lack of funds and customers asked for overdue payments, alerted police, acting provincial police region 4 chief Pol Lt-General Detnarong Suthichanbancha told a press conference yesterday.
A subsequent police inquiry led to the arrest of Supreecha Lekhawattana, 48, whose wife Punnada Palasak, 48, handled the company’s financial affairs. She allegedly forged the cheques and wired money to several bank accounts run by Supreecha over four years.
Supreecha claims he is innocent. But it was reported that one such account received 24 cheques worth Bt10 million, police said. Police found that Punnada’s brother also allegedly got money to fund his restaurant business, so they had arrest warrants issued for the three. However, only Supreecha has been captured so far, Detnarong added.
