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Chinese businesswoman held in Bangkok over 500 million baht customs fraud
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Immigration police have arrested a 36 year old Chinese businesswoman at a Sukhumvit address in Bangkok on a warrant issued in China, where she is accused of customs fraud that cost the state more than 500 million baht.
Key facts
- Immigration police have arrested a 36 year old Chinese businesswoman at a Sukhumvit address in Bangkok on a warrant issued in China, where she is accused of customs fraud that cost the state more than 500 million baht.
- Officers from the Immigration Bureau’s Division 1 investigation unit detained her at her home in Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei district, on Friday, October 23.
- She was handed to Immigration Division 3 and faces proceedings here before any move to return her to China.
- On October 16 it held a 37 year old Chinese man over a mule account network that police said moved about 2 billion baht through more than 133 bank accounts.
Summary
Officers from the Immigration Bureau’s Division 1 investigation unit detained her at her home in Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei district, on Friday, October 23.
Police have not named her. Thai reports give only the surname Wu and mark it as a pseudonym, so it is not used here.