26 people to be questioned in connection with KMITL embezzlement case

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26 people to be questioned in connection with KMITL embezzlement case



BANGKOK: -- Crime Suppression Division police have issued summonses for the interrogation of 26 individuals in connection with the King Mongkut Institute of Technology Lad Krabang (KMITL) embezzlement case.

CSD deputy commander Pol Col Nasa Sawetlake who is in charge of overseeing the case said today (Tuesday) that the 26 people wanted for questioning were mostly staffs of the seven companies owned by Mr Kittisak Matthujad, a prime suspect in the embezzlement scam who is believed to be hiding abroad.

Kittisak’s parents and relatives are among those to be questioned, he continued, adding that all of these people were found to have received money of at least eight million baht wired to their bank accounts from Mr Kittisak.

The colonel disclosed that a total of 1,474 million baht had been siphoned off from five bank accounts of KMITL by the gang.

One of the staffs, Mr Sukrit Khiewlanjai, reportedly told CSD police that he was once instructed by Mr Kittisak to wire 8 million baht to a Mr Pada Buakhao.

The CSD deputy commander said that he would ask the Anti-Money Laundering Office to sequester 5.5 million baht in bank account of a KMITL lecturer if the latter could not come up with evidences to prove that the money belong to him.

The money in question was wired to the lecturer’s bank account by Mr Songklod Sriprasong, former manager of Ayudhya Bank’s Big C Srinakarind branch, one of the suspects in the scam.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/26-people-questioned-connection-kmitl-embezzlement-case


-- Thai PBS 2015-01-13

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Police call in 26 people to explain why KMITL suspect sent them millions

BANGKOK: -- The Crime Suppression Department (CSD) summonsed 26 people Tuesday who allegedly received funds after the theft of Bt1.47 billion from five accounts belonging to King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Latkrabang (KMITL).

Many of the people who received money - ranging from Bt1 million to Bt10 million each - were employees at seven companies and relatives of key suspect Kittisak Mattujad, who is on the run and believed to be abroad.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Police-call-in-26-people-to-explain-why-KMITL-susp-30251819.html


-- The Nation 2015-01-13

[anon467848]

The people called in for questioning have had plenty of time to transfer their ill gotten gains and fabricate some sort of an alibi...

[DKUNPUTAF713]

Only 26 people?????????

[surangw]

Only 26 people?????????

the 26 that have no hi-so connections to name

[Rhys]

_{The trail starts with 26, more, more, more, more, and even students...maybe in on this.. sad..sad...sad...}

[maidee]

why not start with freezing ALL the accounts of the suspects?

too difficult, right ?

[Nuddy]

There seems to be a lot of people involved in the splitting up of this cake.