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Mr. Po Arnon, 30, well known as ‘Sia Po’ was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday (December 14th) for promoting online gambling and money laundering.

 

The Criminal Court read the judgment yesterday morning and stated that Sia Po and 20 others in his business were violating the Money Laundering Act and the Gambling Act.

 

There was in total 1,760,970,545 million baht (1.7 billion baht) made from financial transactions from online gambling with 841,678,523 million baht in money laundering.

 

The court sentenced Sia Po, who was the main operator, to 54 years. However, Sia Po was finally sentenced to 20 years in prison as Thailand’s imprisonment sentences are set at a maximum of 20 years.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/12/15/notorious-thai-gambling-businessman-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison/

 

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