"embezzlement"

Lao state enterprises are undergoing serious reform after years of chronic losses from embezzlement and poor management, the prime minister has announced.

A former Mexican governor was extradited on Thursday from the United States, where he had been held for nearly two years on charges of embezzlement and criminal association, Mexican authorities said in a statement.

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has seized 14 assets worth 92.09 million baht from Apirat Jayankura na Ayudhya and four others accused of embezzling money from Wat Bowonniwet in Bangkok.

A former treasurer of Wat Bowornniwet was arrested by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) for allegedly siphoning 190 million baht from this temple and another satellite temple over the past four months.

The Public Warehouse Organisation’s (PWO) disciplinary committee resolved to axe three officials for allegedly flouting laws in the purchase of 500 million packs of rubber gloves worth THB112.50 billion.

A Bt112-billion deal for surgical gloves between the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) and a private company set up only two months ago, is being investigated for corruption.

Eighteen community clinics in Bangkok found to have embezzled money from the universal healthcare budget will be punished, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) said today.

Police investigating a civil servant accused of embezzling Bt33.9 million in public money to feed her gambling habit has uncovered an online network of casinos.

Popular former TV show host Sorayuth Suthassanachinda and his former employee Montha Theeradet were on Tuesday (January 21) sentenced to six years and 24 months in jail for embezzlement of funds.

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases announced on Thursday (January 2) that it will read the Supreme Court’s ruling on January 21 on the lawsuit filed by MCOT Public Company Limited against Sorayuth Suthassanachinda and an employee of Raisom for embezzling advertisement fees estimated at over Bt138 million during 2005-2006 when the TV celebrity was hosting a popular morning news show.

Huay Sriwirat, aged 76, accompanied by her lawyer Ananchai Chaidet, today (November 19) filed a lawsuit at Phra Khanong Civil Court against KasikornBank, four bank employees and her own daughter for allegedly withdrawing more than Bt250 million from her bank account by using fake documents.

An epic squabble over lottery winnings that began in 2017 passed another milestone on Thursday when a provincial court released nearly Bt30 million in seized jackpot money to one of the claimants.