Nearly 1,100 iCon complaints reported

According to the police chief, the research is progressing well, and costs may be filed this month.

National police chief Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet speaks to reporters on Tuesday at the Central Investigation Bureau in Bangkok, where he met personally with some of the people who said they lost money to The iCon Group. (Photo: Wassayos Ngamkham)
On Tuesday, federal authorities key Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet addresses reporters at the Central Investigation Bureau in Bangkok, where he had a personal meeting with some of the people who claimed to have lost income to The image Group. ( Photo: Wassayos Ngamkham )

As police continue to look into allegations that the direct-sales organization ran a pyramid scheme, the federal police chief claims, nearly 1,100 vendors who have lost money have complained to The symbol Group.

More than 900 people have been interviewed so much, according to Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet, and he was pleased with how far the doubting had gone.

The Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) in Bangkok hosted a personal meeting between the national police chief and some of the complainants on Tuesday.

He claimed that if police discovered proof for legal actions, they would record the necessary charges within the month.

Police are currently assembling facts and are looking into suspicions of crime, according to Pol Gen Kitrat, who said “police must take this into account before requesting an arrest warrant.”

Researchers are looking into possible breaches of the laws governing direct selling, consumer protection, false borrowing and common scams, he added.

Additionally, police have asked the Anti-Money Laundering Office ( Amlo ) to freeze the assets of key players in the case and anticipate receiving a response by Thursday.

Authorities “get that individuals are in trouble, but authorities do not have any authority to seize assets,” Pol Gen Kitrat said.

Prior to this, an Amlo official said that freezing assets may stop them from being taken or shifted in the event that the results of studies are determined.

Nearly 100 torturers were available to issue complainants at the Consumer Protection Police Division under the CIB, according to Pol Gen Kitrat, who stated that all police stations global were prepared to receive complaints related to the case.

By providing website promotion courses for less than 100 baht, the symbol Group attracted a lot of people. However, when they signed up, respondents claimed they were asked to spend significantly more money on purchasing health supplement products to sell. After that, they were asked to pay for fees-paying online ads to attract new users.

In a related development, public health secretary Somsak Thepsutin claimed The image Group had been fined years earlier for shoddy packaging that exaggerated the qualities of the goods it sold.

In a sad television interview on Monday, sign founder and CEO Warathaphon” Paul” Waratyaworrakul claimed that his business had been in the direct marketing industry for more than six years and that its products were primarily dietary supplements. He claimed that the company had ten dealers who operated their individual channels for marketing its products.

In response to queries about whether the celebrities held executive positions and therefore bear legal repercussions, he claimed, the company only employed celebrities to encourage its goods.