Often wondered in a country with supposed spiritual and Buddhist principles why is there so much corruption and deceit.
My neighbor, for example, is known to steal money from her company to the tune of buying a 10m house next door cash. She was removed from the company. Yet she often is seen wearing the white robe, shaves hair, visits temples, makes merit with monks visiting house for ceremony etc.
My take is that as long as they counter their bad deeds with some perceived good deeds, then it’s all good. Trust Thais to find loopholes.