Thai actress Thamolphan Phanuchitputthiwong, higher often known as “Yam” Thamolphan, has been arrested alongside together with her husband, Phumphat Prasertwit, and one other man, Chetchai Hongkham on Thursday (Dec 15).
Thai media reported that every one three suspects had been apprehended at a home in Nonthaburi, Thailand, and taken to Bangkok Remand Prison for allegedly disseminating pornographic supplies, organising on-line gambling and conspiring to launder cash.
Police impounded varied assets through the prison bust.
Among the assets seized embrace 14 automobiles, 4 homes, eight high-end watches, 50 branded baggage, 5 computer systems and 18 cell phones. Police additionally issued a freezing order on 44 financial institution accounts.
According to the commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Lieutenant General Jirabhop Bhuridej, the mixed worth of assets seized totalled as much as 700mil baht (RM88.17mil).
Jirabhop revealed that his staff spent over two years investigating the gambling community and the porn web site. After following the 2 websites’ cash trails, police found that each had been linked to Yam and her pc programmer husband.
According to The Bangkok Post, Yam and her husband had been denied bail on Friday (Dec 16) after the court docket deemed that their wealth was acquired illegally. Their confederate, Chetchai, didn’t request bail.
Thai media reported that Chetchai made money withdrawals as much as 400mil baht (RM50.7mil) between April and September on the orders of Yam.
The couple’s gambling web site has round 40,000 members, with 7bil baht (RM887.52mil) in month-to-month turnover.
