$100m banknotes found in Supachai's safes are fake
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The stacks of US$100-million banknotes found in the safe-deposit boxes of former Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative chairman Supachai Srisupa-aksorn are fake, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) director general Suwanna Sarajutha confirmed yesterday
She said US Embassy staff had verified that the notes were not a currency unit. The fake notes are believed to have been created with the intention of building up the credibility of Supachai, who is now a fraud suspect after his alleged embezzlement of a funds from the cooperative.
DSI officials also found a large number of documents, including land title deeds, when searching Supachai’s two offices at the U-Tower building in Bangkok, but they have not issued a statement on them yet.
Senior DSI agent Somboon Sarasit said the agency would not revoke its order to freeze 44 rai of land as requested by Supachai as the documents found could potentially implicate him of money-laundering.
