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An army general and two other people were charged yesterday with colluding to defraud others. The three swindled over 43 million baht from two companies between December 2017 and August 2018. They offered the companies services that didn’t exist. One of these fake projects involved telling a firm they could land it a state contract by installing LED lights in a project run by the Energy Ministry. The three fraudsters ordered the firm to pay them “administrative” fees, and other fees. These fees totaled over 31 million baht. Another project involved telling the owner of a private company they could […]

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Good to see - that the media is covering these corruption cases  more and more - long may it continue. But a few follow up stories would be nice - you know - xyz found guilty and sentenced to ................ 

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The three fraudsters ordered the firm to pay them “administrative” fees, and other fees. These fees totaled over 31 million baht. Another project involved telling the owner of a private company they could install solar panels for 100 schools in Loei. The so-called administrative fees on this project totaled 12.7 million baht.

Oh, and the firms are not charged anything? Usually every Idiot understands, that paying someone outside an afterwards possible contract must be a bribe!

So why not put ALL THE MONEY in the pockets of the tax department? Or finance the anti corruption department better?

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The general and one other fraudster have been sentenced to two years in jail, with the third fraudster sentenced to one year.”

Less the standard 50% for pleading guilty? 
Seems like a pretty good risk vs reward scenario. Even better if they have done this successfully type of thing before. 

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