The situation of 3 Thai MCs and actors being arrested has been revealed, and a powerful figure is in the crosshairs.

The case of 3 MCs and actors being arrested for being involved in a large-scale money fraud ring is a hot topic that is of particular interest to the public. Every development of it is attractive to many people.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has just discovered a 100 million baht (73 billion VND) cash flow linked to the leader of The Icon Group and a politician's mother. Currently, 18 leaders, including CEO Warathaphon Waratyaworrakul (boss Paul), are in custody on charges of fraud and pyramid scheme.

The DSI questioned the 11 male suspects at the detention center and sent a letter inviting lawyer Witoon Kengngan, who represents the company’s executives, to participate in the questioning. It is understood that the lawyer wanted to extend the deadline for submitting documents against the charges by 15 days, and the DSI agreed to extend it to December 3.

DSI spokesman Captain Surawut Rangsai said on November 20 that the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) discovered a transaction of 10 million baht (7.3 billion VND) from the mother of a politician whose name begins with the letter S. She was a former government official, and the transactions took place from 2021 to 2024.

The amount of money the mother transferred to politician S. was worth nearly 100 million baht, even though she did not work and was old. "The money was transferred to the mother's account by boss Paul (Warathaphon) and boss Peter (Klot Sretthanan), "said Mr. Surawut.

The DSI revealed that it will continue to investigate if other leaders of The Icon Group transfer money to this account. The police transferred the case file of The Icon Group - a fraud ring involving three famous Thai actors - to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) for handling, according to the Bangkok Post.

Previously, Thai media reported that The Icon Group case had a remarkable development. Specifically, Witoon Kengngan, the lawyer of 18 suspects, said that the Special Investigation Department is about to open an interrogation. Not long ago, the police also found more evidence of the suspect's extortion.

The lawyer added that he had applied for bail for "Boss Win" on the grounds of stage 3 cancer and had a certificate. However, the court rejected this request and did not even consider the medical certificate.

"We cannot apply for bail for our clients. I have not been able to apply for bail for anyone because of the court's harsh decision. I find it unfair that the court did not summon and talk to the lawyer before rejecting the bail application," the lawyer added.

When asked about the condition of the suspects involved in the fraud, Witoon revealed that they were fine. The only thing that this lawyer was worried about was the health of the suspect "Boss Win". He said that he would wait for the doctor's opinion and try to apply for bail again for his client.

Regarding the reason for not considering the medical certificate of "Boss Win's illness", the court said that The iCon Group's fraud caused heavy damage to many victims. Therefore, they need to be on guard against the possibility of the suspect forging evidence. The prosecution also rejected the suspect's request for bail out of respect for the investigation agency and the victim.

Investigators consider this a particularly serious case. All 18 defendants, each known as a "boss" in The Icon Group's marketing system, were arrested on October 16 after more than 1,000 people filed complaints against the group for fraud through online sales courses and functional food business, and for providing false information into the computer system.

It is known that DSI discovered the violations of the group of suspects in the iCon Group case after nearly 2 months of investigation. Recently, the authorities confiscated the land of 18 suspects and 78 plots of land from individuals involved in money laundering. The Central Police Investigation Agency showed that the suspects committed crimes of multi-level crime.

Currently, among the suspects in custody are three famous people in the Thai entertainment industry: actors Sam Yuranunt Pamornmontri, Min Pechaya and MC Kan Kantathavorn. Initially, they all denied the allegations.

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