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Pinky acquitted as five convicted in Forex-3D case
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The Criminal Court on Thursday (August 13, 2026) acquitted actress Savika “Pinky” Chaiyadej, her mother and her brother in the multi-billion-baht Forex-3D case, while convicting former scheme executive Apiruk Kothi and four co-defendants.
Key facts
- The ruling imposed prison terms stated at 49,110 years on the five convicted defendants and included a financial order of 4.911 billion baht.
- The minimum investment was initially set at US$500, or about 15,000 baht at the time, before being raised to US$2,000, or approximately 50,000 baht.
- The scheme allegedly promised that participants could deposit their money and wait for profits or dividends while receiving a 100% guarantee on their principal.
- Investigators alleged that Apiruk and his associates used the Forex-3D website to attract investors by offering them 60-80% of the profits supposedly generated by foreign-exchange trading.
- Investors were placed into tiers based on the size of their deposits, ranging from a US$2,000 minimum for the lowest class to US$40,000 for the highest.
- In a separate Forex-3D judgement in December 2024, three defendants received nominal sentences of 49,125 years for 9,825 offences, but the Criminal Court capped each term at 20 years under Section 91 of the Criminal Code.
Summary
The ruling imposed prison terms stated at 49,110 years on the five convicted defendants and included a financial order of 4.911 billion baht.
The 24 defendants had faced charges of jointly borrowing money in a scheme amounting to public fraud and offences under the Computer Crime Act.