Court orders daughter, bank to pay over B200m for theft

Court orders daughter, bank to pay over B200m for theft
Huay Sriwirat, then 76, arrives at the Phra Khanong Civil Court in Bangkok on November 19, 2021, with her granddaughter Mintra Sriwirat, left, and lawyer Anantachai Chaiyadet, right. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
Huay Sriwirat, after that 76, arrives at the particular Phra Khanong Municipal Court in Bangkok on November 19, 2021, with her granddaughter Mintra Sriwirat, left, and lawyer Anantachai Chaiyadet, correct. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)

The Phra Khanong Civil Court offers ordered a woman, 2 bank employees and a commercial bank to pay more than 200 mil baht in payment to a bedridden older woman in connection with the particular theft of more than 250 million baht from her balances.

The particular court announced the ruling on Thurs in the suit filed by Huay Sriwirat against her child Mawadee Sriwirat, four bank employees plus Kasikornbank (KBank). Microsoft Huay demanded three hundred and fifty. 35 million baht in compensation from their website.

Upon Dec 29 a year ago, the Phra Khranong Criminal Court sentenced Ms Mawadee, 53, to 20 years within jail for forgery, using forged paperwork and theft. The particular court also sentenced Ms Thipaporn Daengsawat, who was a financial institution employee, to 2 years in jail just for forgery and using solid documents. The court acquitted three other defendants of the costs.

Anantachai Chaidej, the lawyer of Ms Huay, said on Thursday  that the Phra Khanong Civil Court purchased KBank to pay 44. 64 million baht, including interest charges of 7%, beginning with the day the suit was filed on Nov 19, 2019, and Ms Mawadee to pay 117. 2009 million baht, including interest fees associated with 7. 5%, towards the plaintiff.

The lawyer mentioned the court also ordered the fourth defendant and the sixth defendant, who were bank employees, to jointly compensate the plaintiff, and the defendants will have to spend court and lawyer fees totalling 100, 000 baht.

The courtroom acquitted the third and fifth defendants within the civil suit, mentioned Mr Anantachai.

Ms Mawadee remained in prison as the Appeals Court rejected her bail request.

In November 2019, Mrs Huay, then seventy six, had sued her daughter, the bank plus four bank workers intended for stealing money through her two bank accounts while she had been bedridden in 2014.

Whilst Ms Huay is at hospital for treatment of coronary artery illness in 2014, the particular accused allegedly transformed the condition for withdrawing money from the girl accounts from the girl signature to a finger-print.

Regarding 253 million baht had been taken from the accounts through several hundreds of withdrawals, according to the lawyer.