Interpol asked to issue arrest warrant in KMITL case
POLICE HAVE asked Interpol to issue a "red" money laundering arrest warrant for Kittisak Mattujad, a key suspect in the Bt1.5 billion embezzlement at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Latkrabang (KMITL).
Police spokesman Lt-General Prawut Thavornsiri said as Kittisak was believed to be laying low in the United Kingdom, police had also requested that the Attorney General ask the UK to extradite him.
In related news, Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) chief Pol Colonel Sihanart Prayoonrats warned people to be mindful that a public member was conned out of Bt1.5 million after people claiming to be AMLO officers contacted the person via phone and said they were investigating the embezzlement scandal.
Following an asset-seizure threat, the money was wired on more than 10 occasions to four bank accounts.
A KMITL lecturer was also contacted but was not fooled. Like the victim, he was reached after the bank’s closing time, meaning the transfer could not be stopped.
Sihanart said he would contact the KMITL rector and other personnel at the institute to tell them to be on their guard.
He said the AMLO transaction committee would decide on February 11 on whether to seize a Lamborghini that actor Pakorn Chatborirak bought “in good faith” from Pada Buakhao, another suspect in the embezzlement case.
