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Two executives of Thailand’s Mungkornfa online lottery dealer in police custody
8 Oct 06:08 Key points summarised by AI
- Thai police arrested two executives of Mungkornfa, an online lottery dealer, on charges including defrauding the public, unauthorized sales, and selling overpriced tickets, following earlier raids.
- The arrested executives, Patchara Messiyaporn and Panrada Chaiputthithada, were released on bail and vehemently denied all charges filed against them.
- Mungkornfa's lawyer asserted the company functions solely as a platform, charging a service fee, and is not responsible for ticket pricing, questioning the selective legal action against their client.
- Previous police and GLO raids on Mungkornfa's offices uncovered nearly 2 million lottery tickets, prompting the company to suspend operations and commit to cooperating with authorities to resolve the overpriced ticket issue.
