They were accused of duping 56-year-old Thai businesswoman Sawichaya Tratjamnong into gambling. They arranged to meet on December 27 at a Lat Phrao mall to show the land title deed and resort photos. Hoping to complete a sale of the resort, Sawichaya stayed and agreed to gamble “just to kill time”. Sawichaya lost all the money in gambling with the suspects and owed them another US$328,000 (nearly Bt10.45 million). Surachet said the suspects admitted knowing Sawichaya but denied duping her or taking her Bt3 million in cash.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 22, 2018 10:08 UTC