While authorities build scam cases, DSI investigators will concentrate on reported money-laundering.
PUBLISHED: 24 Oct 2024 at 16: 35
The image Group’s direct selling business is being investigated by the Department of Special Investigation in connection with the fraud situation.
Acting director-general Pol Maj Yutthana Phraedam said on Thursday that the DSI is authorized to look into alleged fraud of income worth 300 million baht and above.
He claimed that the DSI entered the sign situation because it believed patients ‘ funds were used for buying and selling things. That was equivalent to property change, he said.
According to Pol Maj Yutthana, the DSI anticipates filing charges of money-laundering against 18 imprisoned defendants in the case and others who might eventually be detained.
He said the police would continue to look into alleged common fraud and other criminal crimes in the case.
On Wednesday, according to police, 606 people reported complaints about losses totaling$ 2.26 billion ringgit related to the image business.
The company’s main focus was on nutrition supplement direct marketing. By providing 100 baht worth of e-commerce education seminars, it attracted a lot of people, who were then encouraged to purchase goods to sell.
There were several different retailers who sold the goods. Some customers complained to the authorities that they were unable to get all of the goods they had ordered and paid for. Some claim that the team concentrated more on the hiring of new sellers than on product development.
The image Group had a full of 368, 257 people, CEO Warathaphon” Boss Paul” Waratyaworrakul told local press before his arrest last month. Of the full, 285, 833 are “distributors” who paid 2, 500 baht, 43, 976 are” bosses” who paid 25, 000 baht, 6, 476 are “mini-dealers” who paid 50, 000 ringgit, and 31, 972 are “dealers” who paid 250, 000 baht.