Number of UFUN complaints rises to 46, damage claims hit Bt22m
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MORE THAN 30 people yesterday lodged fraud complaints with police against UFUN Thailand, bringing the total to 46, with damage claims soaring past Bt22 million.
A woman told police she had invested Bt2.45 million with UFUN Thailand because it promised to pay her 1-per-cent every month, but she got that nice return for only the first month.
“We have now got complaints from people in as many as 19 provinces. At this point, we have set up nine teams of investigators for this case,” Pol Lt-General Suwira Songmetta, assistant national police chief, said yesterday.
He expects to wrap up the probe early next month.
Since the scandal broke, 12 suspects are facing charges and assets worth over Bt400 million were frozen. Six of the 12 suspects are in custody.
“The Anti-Money Laundering Office will handle these assets. They will be auctioned off to cover the losses suffered by the victims,” he said.
If the proceeds are sufficient, the plaintiffs with favourable rulings can be fully compensated.
UFUN executives should turn themselves in and give up trying to fight off the allegations via social media, he added.
Hansa Thara-bundit, a UFUN Thailand shareholder and suspect, was released on Bt500,000 bail after reporting to police on Saturday and denying any wrongdoing.
Police believe that UFUN Thailand used a pyramid scheme to bilk Bt20 billion out of more than 100,000 people.
“We will act fast. When state attorneys agree to prosecute, we will be able to seek the extradition of those who have fled overseas,” Suwira said.
