Police have pressed charges against four individuals suspected of defrauding the half-half co-payment social welfare scheme. Police also suspect that more than 700 others may have defrauded the scheme.
Pol Maj Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapat, deputy chief of the national police, on Fridayannounced the results of an investigation into the matter.
Four individuals allegedly encouraged co-payers to make fraudulent purchases so money can be withdrawn from the scheme.
Investigators found suspicious transactions at a grocery store in Samut Sakhon province. Police said many co-payers there made suspicious transactions far from where they live, including Chiang Mai and Songkhla.
The co-payers reportedly received 80–100 baht per fraudulent transaction.
The scheme subsidises the purchases of registered individuals at small shops by 50%. The scheme was meant to help shop…
