The Anti-Money Laundering Office has impounded assets worth more than one billion baht from two gambling operators arrested during a crackdown on dirty money last month.
Amlo deputy secretary-general Piyaphan Pingmuang on Wednesday announced the decision to freeze the assets of three people – Siapo Po-arnon, his mother Banyen Channara and Somchai Jutikitdet.
The assets’ total worth was 1.2 billion baht, he said. They included bank accounts, gold jewellery, vehicles, condominium units, houses and blocks of land.
Mr Siapo, 29, was arrested on Feb 4 at his house in Phasi Charoen district in Bangkok on…
