UFUN member accused of using singer's photo to boost credibility
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THE manager of singer Sukrit "Bie" Wisedkaew made statements to the Consumer Protection Police yesterday, saying that the singer's fame was stealthily used by people linked to UFUN - an alleged pyramid scheme - to boost the company's credibility and r
After presenting authorisation papers allowing her to testify on the singer’s behalf, Pethai Kerdpol told police that a photo of Bie and a man nicknamed “Boy”, who was a senior alumni classmate of Bie’s friend, was taken in February or March.
Pethai said Bie met with Boy at a shopping mall to hear about UFUN and was asked to be in a picture with him.
The photo first appeared on Boy’s Facebook page along with a message advertising UFUN.
Pethai said she urged Boy to delete the post.
When the UFUN scandal broke, the photograph reappeared but she couldn’t contact Boy.
Pethai planned to file a complaint with the Technology Crime Suppression Division yesterday against people who published the picture.
She said the singer had nothing to do with UFUN.
She said Bie was on a business trip in another country but would give more information to police in person in early July.
Assistant national police chief Lt-General Suwira Songmeta said the UFUN case would be submitted to public prosecutors in 10 days.
He said up to 1,385 people had filed complaints, saying they had lost Bt200 million in total.
Police would stop taking |complaints on Tuesday.
Suwira said that police would submit the case report, the list of seized assets from suspects and the names of alleged victims to public prosecutors and the Anti-Money Laundering Office so criminal and civil lawsuits could be filed.
Police would also attach a request for a court to consider auctioning the seized assets so victims could be compensated, he said.
