Picture courtesy of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB)

 

A stunning arrest was made in Sri Racha District where a 54-year-old maid, known only as Somboon, was apprehended over a massive tax evasion case valued at 430 million baht. This high-profile bust was carried out by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Sunday.

 

The arrest, occurring in the parking area of an apartment complex, centres around Somboon's alleged involvement with tax evasion in three separate firms.

 

The bedrock of the arrest springs from a longstanding tax evasion by a shipping company. The firm's sneaky manoeuvres included avoiding issuance of tax invoices, paying wages in untraceable cash, and declaring drastically low sales numbers.

 

Dubious activities detected by officials suggest an evasion of value-added tax over the past five years, racking up a bill of around 186 million baht in evaded taxes and fines.

 

When confronted by authorities, Somboon, pointing back to 2015, stated she had been employed as a maid at one of the companies. She claims she was asked to sign paperwork by her employer without fully understanding its weight.

 

Disregarding police summons following this, a warrant was issued for her arrest. This case underscores the complex web of tax dodging and the cunning lengths taken by companies to avoid their financial obligations.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Bangkok Post 2025-05-19

 

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

When confronted by authorities, Somboon, pointing back to 2015, stated she had been employed as a maid at one of the companies. She claims she was asked to sign paperwork by her employer without fully understanding its weight.

Innocent but held guilty... 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

a 54-year-old maid, known only as Somboon, was apprehended over a massive tax evasion case valued at 430 million baht

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

This case underscores the complex web of tax dodging and the cunning lengths taken by companies to avoid their financial obligations

 

No, this case underscores the depravity of the country's wealthy in exploiting poor domestic employees in furtherance of riches, and the complicity of authorities in punishing the ones who were used rather than the ones who actually undertook the fraud.

So they arrested the maid?

 

Something tells me that she'll be ok and her boss will go down for this in the end.

She's clearly not the mastermind behind this fraud, so punishing her would only encourage other fraudsters to do the same.

Ridiculous to arrest that made who asked to sign some papers even know about after her boss come on you know she’s not the  brain behind his tax evasion TIT

15 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Innocent but held guilty... 

Ignorance is a poor defence!

20 hours ago, Nickcage49 said:

So they arrested the maid?

 

Something tells me that she'll be ok and her boss will go down for this in the end.

You are blindly optimistic.  Because this is Thailand, the upper tier has a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card called baht.  Only the low-hanging fruit are harvested by the police.

On 5/19/2025 at 4:49 PM, Nickcage49 said:

So they arrested the maid?

 

Something tells me that she'll be ok and her boss will go down for this in the end.

Especially as she had no authority to sign off on anything.