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Fraud suspect Pasit “Sinsae Shogun” Ariyalapit was sentenced on Wednesday by the primary court to a total of 4,355 years in prison plus a Bt20,000 fine, although under Thai law she would actually serve only 20 years behind bars as the maximum prison term for the offences.

Pasit “Sin Sae Shogun” Ariyalapit, the founder and chief executive of food supplement firm WealthEver, and eight people who were her relatives and close aides, on Friday pleaded not guilty in the Criminal Court to charges of fraud charges over a much-publicised tour scam. The defendants said they would find their own lawyers to fight the charges, hence the judge has set the evidence review session

INQUIRIES with two airlines found no information that Pasit “Shogun” Ariyalapit – an alleged scammer accused of ripping off more than Bt50 million from thousands of victims, many of who were stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport earlier this month – ever arranged a charter flight to Japan, a senior police officer said on Friday.

Police on Thursday sought court permission to detain eight relatives and close acquaintances of fraud suspect Pasit “Sinsae Shogun” Ariyalapit for 12 days.

AT LEAST 360 victims have filed complaints against Pasit “Shogun” Ariyalapit, an alleged scam artist whose network reportedly caused more than Bt50 million in damages and left thousands of victims stranded at the Suvarnabhumi Airport during the Songkran Festival.

A CRIMINAL Court has issued arrest warrants for eight people who were relatives and close aides to Pasit Ariyalapit, who has been detained on fraud charges over a much-publicised alleged tour scam, a senior police officer said Monday.

THE Crime Suppression Division (CSD) will today apply for arrest warrants for eight people who are relatives or close to fraud suspect Pasit “Sinsae Shogun” Ariyalapit.

SIX key members of the WealthEver company – which officials allege was an illegal Ponzi or pyramid scheme – met with police Saturday to say they were not involved in the “scam” that left thousands of Japan-bound tourists stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport last Tuesday. 

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has frozen Bt3 million in the bank accounts of fraud suspect Pasit “Shogun” Ariyalapit, with almost 400 victims of her alleged tour scam having filed complaints with police.

Suspect claims she did not intend to cheat anyone, blames 'uncontrollable situation'

A woman who is at the center of an alleged tour scam has maintained her innocence, saying she operated an online business, not a tour company.

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