Victims gather at the Justice Ministry to thank Somsak Thepsutin and his DSI officials. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) have seized assets worth over a billion baht from a man suspected of running a Ponzi scheme to defraud 8,437 people through his company, Forex-3D.
Activist lawyer Ronnarong Kaewphet and the victims praised Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin and Piyasiri Wattanavrangkul, director of DSI’s Bureau of Illegal Financial Business Crime, after Apirak Kothi, the founder of the company, was arrested last week.
Mr Ronnarong said he obtained information that the total damage from the scheme was estimated at more than two billion baht, but the two agencies managed to recover around 1.1 billion baht in assets.
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