Soldier surrenders over UFUN
Petty Officer First Class Thanat Paikhapet, 37, also known as Ajarn Turngfong, is accused of being a key member of UFUN and speaking at events to drum up membership, assistant national police chief Lt-General Suwira Songmetta told the press yesterday.
A police money-transaction probe found that Thanat alledgedly transferred a total of Bt8.8 million to UFUN Property (Thailand) 41 times and U Trading Co 14 times, Suwira said. He said Bt33 million had been alledgedly paid into Thanat’s bank accounts, of which Bt28 million had been wired out.
Thanat told reporters he had been in the direct-sales sector for a decade and thought the UFUN business was legal so he joined it last April and served as its speaker at 10 events. Thanat reportedly had 890 downline members.
Later yesterday, police impounded a Bt10 million house in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district which reportedly belonged to two UFUN fugitives, Kanyapat Thananatwanich, 38, and Natthaporn Thananatwanich, 41.
