Bt60 million seized from alleged illegal money lender
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The Anti-Money Laundering Office has seized Bt60 million from bank accounts belonging to alleged illegal money lender Wichai Panngam’s network and is probing financial transactions in the hunt for more accomplices linked to the scheme, Justice deputy permanent secretary Pol Colonel Dusadee Arayawuth said Thursday.
Authorities raided homes and offices in Pathum Thani province earlier this week looking for Wichai, 46, and Chaiwuth Wiwattana-areekul, 30, on charges of operating a money-lending business without permission and imposing illegally high interest rates.
Dusadee said the probe found that Wichai had travelled to Japan and he would be arrested when he returned to Thailand, while his computer website administrator, Chaiwuth, was on the run.
