Crime Employee Flees Abroad After Embezzling ฿103 Million, Hires Hitmen to Silence Accomplice

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

Police from Region 2 have recovered nearly 40 million baht in cash linked to a sensational case involving two female employees accused of stealing over 103 million baht from their employer and one fleeing the country. Shocking developments also reveal that one of the suspects allegedly hired hitmen to murder her accomplice in an attempt to silence her.

 

The case first came to light on 15 January 2025, when a private mining company filed a complaint with Si Racha Police Station in Chonburi. The company alleged that two accounting staff members, Ms Orasa and Ms Raweewan, had falsified invoices and purchase contracts to transfer approximately 103 million baht from the company to a bank account they had set up. The entire sum was then withdrawn in cash and the suspects subsequently vanished.

 

Following an intensive investigation, arrest warrants were issued for both women. On 20 June, police conducted coordinated raids on a residence in Si Racha and a condominium in Lat Krabang, Bangkok, both linked to Mr Nattapol, the husband of Ms Raweewan. During the search, officers discovered 39,947,480 baht in cash hidden beneath a bed in the Lat Krabang condominium.

 

Mr Nattapol admitted the money came from his wife and was part of the stolen funds. He claimed he had been asked to safeguard the cash without knowledge of the full extent of the crime. He is now being investigated for receiving stolen property.

 

In a dramatic twist, Ms Orasa was recently found seriously injured in a resort in Mueang District, Chachoengsao, having been stabbed multiple times. Police investigations uncovered a murder-for-hire plot involving three individuals: Mr Jirasit, Mr Athiwat, and Ms Raweewan, who allegedly ordered the hit to prevent Ms Orasa from implicating her.

 

Mr Jirasit and Mr Athiwat have since been arrested. Ms Raweewan, however, remains at large, having fled to Bahrain.

 

Region 2 investigators continue to pursue the case, both in terms of capturing the fugitive and recovering further stolen assets. While the recovered cash represents only a portion of the total loss, authorities hope it will help alleviate some of the financial burden suffered by the affected company.

 

Mr Nattapol will now face legal proceedings as police work to determine the extent of his involvement in the embezzlement and subsequent cover-up.

 

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Khoasod 2025-06-22

 

 

 

 

[Quentin Zen]

2 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

39,947,480 baht in cash hidden beneath a bed

I do the same.  It's almost enough for a weekend in Pattaya.   

[Jim Blue]

Bit different from the usual  !

[hotchilli]

I wonder over what time scale this happened...

[Ironmike]

She's probably drinking champagne with red bull boy laughing at the police here

[Ombra]

They withdrew 103 million baht from the bank in cash. Shouldn't a sum that large and the fact that they wanted the money in cash have made the bank staff a wee bit suspicious?

[Nickcage49]

And pocketed the rest?

[PETERTHEEATER]

On 6/22/2025 at 3:17 AM, Georgealbert said:

He is now being investigated for receiving stolen property.

But to charge him with that offence, would they not have to prove that each currency note in his possession actually belonged to the previous owner?

[Briggsy]

3 hours ago, Ombra said:

They withdrew 103 million baht from the bank in cash. Shouldn't a sum that large and the fact that they wanted the money in cash have made the bank staff a wee bit suspicious?

Unlike in the UK where bank staff are mandated to ask what the money is for, where it came from and where it is going, bank staff in Thailand know to keep their trap shut, mind their own business and just process the transaction, for better or for worse.