{"id":84,"date":"2024-10-29T23:19:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwisereviews.com\/th\/?p=84"},"modified":"2024-10-29T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:19:18","slug":"thai-celebrities-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwisereviews.com\/th\/2024\/10\/29\/thai-celebrities-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Celebrities Involved with iCon Group Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-4d0945e608a56934f3c0b4d1dbe0d484\"><strong>Thai Celebrities Involved with iCon Group Payments<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e5b09321c3940a4613295b3df44c261d\"><strong><em>Records indicate that a company accused of operating a pyramid scheme paid TV host Kan B80 million.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-60926c7a9a4a191f987a959ea848037c\"> Oct 25, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/betwisereviews.com\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/thai.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betwisereviews.com\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/thai.jpg 790w, https:\/\/betwisereviews.com\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/thai-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/betwisereviews.com\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/thai-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-8058af3723bfb6070a73d4c7238e9c04\">Actor Yuranunt \u201cBoss Sam\u201d Pamornmontri gives a&nbsp;<em>wai<\/em>&nbsp;as he and other suspects are taken to the Criminal Court following their arrest in connection with the iCon Group fraud case on Oct 16. Behind him, in order, are TV host Kan \u201cBoss Kan\u201d Kantathavorn, Tananont \u201cBoss Mor Ek\u201d Hiranchaiwan (white face mask), and actress Pechaya \u201cBoss Min\u201d Wattanamontree (hooded ski jacket). (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7874afdc17c35daf10c933582a33a3a3\">The financial trail of three celebrities linked to The iCon Group reveals they received substantial payments from the online sales company, with TV host Kan \u201cBoss Kan\u201d Kantatavorn alone receiving close to 80 million baht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d003e089d4e998595bc3eb4cd5de7019\">The Anti-Money Laundering Office, alongside the police Central Investigation Bureau, has reviewed financial records for all 18 suspects in this large-scale fraud investigation, focusing specifically on the three celebrities: Kan, actor Yuranunt \u201cBoss Sam\u201d Pamornmontri, and actress Pechaya \u201cBoss Min\u201d Wattanamontree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7d948ac716e01b68288528951c1d56e6\">Initial findings from the investigation indicate that Kan received 33 money transfers from The iCon Group, totaling 79.48 million baht, deposited into his bank account from 2021 to the present. The breakdown of these transactions is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2021: Two transfers for 5.75 million baht<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2022: Fifteen transfers totalling 41.83 million baht<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2023: Ten transfers totalling 23.51 million baht<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2024: Six transfers totalling 8.37 million baht.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Actress Pechaya received nine transfers totalling 11.39 million baht:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2023: Seven transfers totalling 8.54 million baht<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2024: Two transfers amounting to 2.84 million baht.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Actor Yuranunt received 3.19 million baht through two transfers totaling 1.86 million baht in 2023, followed by an additional 1.33 million baht in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Presenter Now Considered \u2018a Victim\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">An insider connected to the investigation revealed that the payments received by the three celebrities appeared to represent shares of the company\u2019s revenue, unlike the payments to other celebrities such as actor Pakorn \u201cBoy\u201d Chaborirak and actor-singer Pakorn \u201cDome\u201d Lam, who were engaged as product presenters under annual contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Pakorn, 40, met with police on Oct 14 and informed reporters that he had ended his contract as a presenter for The iCon Group and considered himself a victim of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All 18 suspects \u2014 labeled as \u201cbosses\u201d within The iCon\u2019s marketing structure \u2014 were apprehended on Oct 16 after numerous fraud complaints were lodged against the company, which primarily sold health and dietary supplements. They are currently held in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The iCon Group attracted a large following by offering low-cost online sales courses. However, participants were later asked to pay more to purchase products and make larger financial investments to promote and recruit new members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The suspects, including the founder and CEO Warathaphon \u201cBoss Paul\u201d Waratyaworrakul, face charges of colluding in public fraud and entering false data into a computer system, which they have denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On Thursday, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) announced it would take on the suspected money-laundering aspects related to the fraud case involving the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">That same day, police reported that 8,137 people had filed complaints, claiming losses amounting to 2.41 billion baht due to iCon\u2019s business practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-56c4205059932904024474826348760f\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/general\/2890221\/celebs-received-huge-payments-from-icon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bangkokpost.com<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thai Celebrities Involved with iCon Group Payments Records indicate that a company accused of operating a pyramid scheme paid TV host Kan B80 million. 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