Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) recently impounded a Sukhumvit condominium penthouse, worth 245-million baht, from the husband of a former actress. The property is suspected of being linked to the Forex-3D Ponzi scheme.
An informed AMLO source said that the luxurious penthouse was identified by the Department of Special Investigation as a part of the assets amassed by Apiruk Kothi, the man behind the forex futures investment operation, which was, in fact, a Ponzi scheme.
The condo unit was, however, later sold to Rama Rassamirama, the husband of former actress, Yardthip Rajpal.
Yardthip has previously used her Instagram account to explain that her husband had no connection whatsoever with the Forex-3D investment scheme and that the penthouse was purchased legally by her husband through a broker, before the crackdown on the investment scheme by the DSI.
No charges have been filed against Rama to date.
Apiruk and 23 other individuals, including actress Savika Chaiyadej, aka “Pinky”, have been charged with defrauding the public and money laundering in separate cases. Savika is currently out on bail, but Apiruk is being held on remand.
Apiruk set up a forex brokerage company, RMS Familia, to operate the Forex-3D futures investment scheme, which offered investors returns of about 10% per month on a required minimum investment of 5,000 baht. The investors were also promised another 5% commission if they could persuade new investors to join the scheme.
Thousands of people were attracted by the easy money offer and invested, but they had been cheated.
