UFUN manhunt begins as police send the details of 6 suspects to authorities globally
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AUTHORITIES in 180 countries will be sent details of the six UFUN fugitives wanted by Thai police to answer charges for their part in a pyramid scheme that allegedly defrauded investors out of millions of baht, Pol Lt-General Suwira Songmetta, assistant t
The six suspects have already fled the country, Suwira said. Police will co-ordinate with Interpol to hunt them down |and Interpol will send officials |to Thailand to observe the |investigation and use it as a case study.
So far, 384 people have come forward to claim they lost Bt117 million and to file police complaints.
Meanwhile, police yesterday handed over to the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) the assets found in two safe boxes seized from two UFUN suspects.
The first safe box, seized from a Bangkok condominium on April 25, belonged to Rathawit Thiti-arounwat, a 31-year-old suspect who is now in custody.
This safe box contained Bt26.2 million cash and gold ornaments of Bt81 in gold weigh. When combined with the previously impounded housing units and cars, the seized assets belonged to Rathawit and his girlfriend, Piraya Hanphrom, also in custody, were worth Bt184 million, Suwira said.
The second safe box was seized on April 11 from the Bangkok house of suspect Apichanat Saenkla, 40, also in custody.
The box contained 35 items including jewellery, land title deeds and cash.
When combined with the previously impounded house and two cars, Apichanat’s seized assets were worth Bt43 million.
AMLO chief Pol Colonel Srihanart Prayoonrat said AMLO would trace the origin of the assets and, if any were deemed to have been received illegally, they would be auctioned to get money to compensate the damaged people when the court gives its final ruling.
Srihanart also urged that the asset owners could explain the asset origins within 90 days.
