webfact Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 AMLO freezes assets of family suspected of involvement in bitcoin fraud By The Nation File photo: Jirachpisit “Boom”Jarawichit THE ANTI-MONEY Laundering Office (AMLO) has confiscated assets worth Bt210 million belonging to an actor and his family suspected of involvement in fraud and money laundering. The case stems from a complaint by a Finnish investor, Aarni Otava Saarimaa, that he was defrauded of bitcoins valued at Bt797 million. AMLO announced on it website yesterday that its subcommittee on monetary transfers resolved to confiscate bank accounts, properties and other assets belonging to actor Jirachpisit “Boom” Jarawichit, his siblings and parents. They are accused of colluding to defraud Saarimaa by offering him high returns for investing in a cryptocurrency called “dragon coin” in two companies – Expay Software Co Ltd and NX Chain Inc. The Finnish national had transferred his bitcoins valued at Bt797 million to the actor’s brother, Parinya. But he did not get the high returns promised, so he later filed a complaint with police. Police found that the bitcoins obtained from the Finnish investor were sold on the Internet and the money received was later allegedly transferred into bank accounts belonging to the suspects. Part of the money was also used to buy land plots and other assets, it was found. In total, AMLO confiscated 64 assets worth an estimated Bt210 million, mainly bank accounts and land plots held in the names of the suspects. Among the confiscated assets are five bank accounts and land plots worth Bt43 million belonging to Jirachpisit, bank accounts and land plots belonging to Parinya, and bank accounts and land plots belonging to the actor’s sister Supichaya and others. The AMLO confiscation order is effective for 90 days, from August 14 to November 11, according to the announcement on the agency’s website yesterday. Anyone whose assets are unrelated to the alleged wrongdoing and wrongly confiscated may file their appeal with the AMLO secretary-general within 30 days of learning about this order, the agency’s announcement said. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30356140 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-10-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 4 hours ago, webfact said: The Finnish national had transferred his bitcoins valued at Bt797 million to the actor’s brother, Parinya. But he did not get the high returns promised, so he later filed a complaint with police. Why can people not be happy with just having enough money to live on - comfortably - for the rest of their life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 29 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: Why can people not be happy with just having enough money to live on - comfortably - for the rest of their life. Exactly, if you have 797 million, why on earth would you want to have more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallander4 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Freezing the accounts now … well, better late than never I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 They defrauded 800 mio, and 200 mio were confiscated (which may or may not find their way back to the victim), that leaves 600 mio for everyone else involved to have a good time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 The appeals are an exercise in thinking up new lies for how these assets came to be in their possession. Then the trick is getting AMLO officials to believe these lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 46 minutes ago, Vacuum said: Exactly, if you have 797 million, why on earth would you want to have more? It's never enough in Thailand. Greed is at the core of society here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Vacuum said: Exactly, if you have 797 million, why on earth would you want to have more? Maybe another 3 to make it a nice round number????? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 8 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Why can people not be happy with just having enough money to live on - comfortably - for the rest of their life. Because they do not know (or are unwilling to accept) that beyond the level at which the body is sustained at an adequate level of health, comfort and security, happiness is a state of mind not of material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how241 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 18 hours ago, Vacuum said: Exactly, if you have 797 million, why on earth would you want to have more? It's baht, not dollars...maybe 25 million US dollars...Hardly enough to buy several big houses in a few countries and a nice jet plane to fly there. Many football players wouldn't even play for 1 year for that small money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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