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Man held for B500m crypto scam

Man held for B500m crypto scam

Accused ‘Onecoin’ mastermind had been on the run since jumping bail after first arrest in 2019

Suspect Mana Jumuang (centre) reads a warrant shown to him by Crime Suppression Division officers who arrested him in front of a house on Ram Intra Soi 34 in Bang Khen district of Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo supplied: Wassayos Ngamkham)

A 50-year-old man accused of duping Thais and foreigners into investing in cryptocurrency and later fleeing with over 500 million baht was arrested in Bangkok on Saturday morning.

Mana Jumuang was arrested in front of a house at Ram Intra Soi 34 in Bang Khen district, said Pol Maj Gen Montri Thetkhan, commander of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD).

Mr Mana was wanted on an arrest warrant issued…

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