HoonSmart.com>> “Royal Thai Police” (Royal Thai Police) concluded the case of “Cipmex” was guilty of defrauding the public and forwarded it to the “Department of Special Investigation” to accept as a special case.
Today, 20 Dec. 2023, Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabutr, Assistant Police Commander, Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Wattanakornbancha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Pol. Maj. Gen. Suwat Saengnum, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Pol. Maj. Gen. Chusak Jadenid, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. .S.T.I. Ms. Chomkwan Kongsakul, Deputy Secretary-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Nopanuanphan Phawasan, Assistant Secretary-General of Financial Innovation and Digital Technology, SEC, Mr. Noppadol Uthen Legal advice and development of measures to prevent and suppress money laundering The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) and Mr. Peerathorn Wimollokkarn, Director of the AMLO Supervision and Inspection Division, jointly held a press conference. In the case that there are a large number of people who have suffered damage, they come to file a complaint with the investigating officers of the Royal Thai Police, Central Police Station, and various police stations throughout the country to prosecute Sipmex Company Limited and Mr. Ekalap Yimwilai, Chief Executive Officer, on the basis of An offense of defrauding the public. From the facts, it was found that Zipmex Company received permission from the SEC in 2018 to provide digital asset trading services.
But later in 2020, people were invited to deposit digital assets with Zipmex Company under services called Zip up and Zip up+, which are services accepting deposits of digital assets from customers and will Giving returns in digital assets. Zipmex Company has transferred the digital assets of customers who invested abroad to invest with companies that operate digital asset businesses. But the loss was so great that the money could not be returned to the customers. Until July 20, 2022, Zipmex Company announced the suspension of withdrawals of baht and digital assets from “ZipUp” or “Z Wallet,” causing damage to investors. Later, the SEC carried out an investigation and Ordered Zipmex Company to submit information regarding all related businesses and operations, but Zipmex Company did not submit such information within the specified period. However, upon receiving the notification from the official, only partial information was submitted, which was not complete. Therefore, the complaint was filed with the investigating officer.
In the case of Zipmex Company not complying with the orders of the official under the authority of Section 51, which is an offense under Section 75 of the Digital Asset Business Act 2018, in addition to the accusations as follows. Said that the SEC has proceeded to impose a fine on Zipmex Company Limited and Mr. Ekkalarp, totaling 10,977,000 baht for related offenses according to the Digital Asset Business Act B.E. 2018
Royal Thai Police Realizing the widespread damage that has occurred to the people, Order No. 411/2023 has been issued, dated 12 July 2023, appointing a team of investigative officers to be responsible for investigating the said case. By collecting relevant evidence In addition, 485 victims were interviewed (20,210 sheets of testimony documents), with a total damage value of approximately 900 million baht (it is expected that some additional victims will come forward to file complaints).
The team of investigators investigated has considered and seen that the actions of Zipmex Company are a criminal offense “jointly borrowing money that is defrauding the public according to Sections 4, 5, 12, 15 of the 1984 Decree on Borrowing of Money that Defrauds the People and an offense according to Section 75 of the Decree. Operating a digital asset business B.E. 2018 and other related offenses Including the offense “Conspiring to defraud the public” and this case involved complex financial transactions requiring the collection and analysis of a large amount of evidence. which had a total of three hundred victims or more or has a total borrowed amount of one hundred million baht or more, which is classified as a special case according to Special Case Investigation Act 2004 therefore sent a letter to send the investigation file to the Department of Special Case Investigation. Consider accepting it as a special case. According to regulations and laws.
2023-12-20 12:40:03
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