Former Company Accountant Arrested with Just 19 Days Left Before Statute of Limitations Expires for Embezzling Customer Checks Worth Nearly 400,000 Baht After 9 Years on the Run
Former accountant Prapai was arrested in Nakhon Nayok after nine years on the run for embezzling nearly 400,000 baht in customer checks, with just 19 days remaining before the statute of limitations expired.
On May 14, 2025, Lieutenant Colonel Pattanasak Bubphasuwan, commander of the Crime Suppression Division, ordered officers Suriyansakdi Jirawat and Eaksitthisak Inthoelo to apprehend Prapai (surname withheld), age 56, based on an arrest warrant from the Bangkok South Criminal Court dated August 3, 2016, charging her with embezzlement of employer property. She was captured in the Ban Yai subdistrict of Nakhon Nayok province.
The case originated in August 2016 when a private company filed a police report at Palat Plachay 1 Police Station after discovering fraudulent activity. Prapai, who worked as the company's accountant, had diverted three customer checks intended as payment to the company into her own bank account:
- February 1, 2016: 123,200 baht - May 3, 2016: 81,251 baht - June 1, 2016: 178,746 baht Total losses: 383,197 baht
After the company verified the facts with the bank, Prapai initially confessed to depositing the checks into her personal account but subsequently fled and became untraceable. She remained a fugitive for over nine years until her arrest. During interrogation, she confessed to all charges and has been transferred to Palat Plachay 1 Police Station for legal proceedings.
