A former hospital finance worker in Uttaradit, identified as 48-year-old Or, has confessed to embezzling over 23 million baht to fund her gambling habit. Or was arrested by Mueang Uttaradit police at a city center commercial building on March 6, after evading authorities since her alleged fraud at Udon Thani Cancer Hospital.
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Or reportedly fled initially to Lamphun before settling in Uttaradit, where she was discovered selling food. A tip-off from an informant helped police confirm her identity, leading to her arrest. She admitted to her crimes, stating she collaborated with another suspect, already apprehended, to defraud the hospital through falsified staff records.
Police investigations revealed that Or manipulated the hospital’s payroll to withdraw funds, creating phantom employees to divert money into her accounts a total of 54 times. The fraudulent activity spanned several years, with withdrawals growing in size, reaching 900,000 baht in one instance. Much of the embezzled money was reportedly spent at a casino in Laos.
Following the hospital's internal probe that exposed the misconduct, Or fled, eventually setting up a fried pork stall in Uttaradit shortly before her capture. Her arrest brings a critical peace to the hospital's financial discrepancy investigations and serves as a cautionary tale on the pitfalls of gambling addiction leading to such drastic measures.
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Adapted by ASEAN Now · The Thaiger · 08 Apr 2026
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