The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) will press fraud charges against five suspects in a recent bitcoin scandal.
The police have issued a summons for the five suspects to report to police between Aug 27 and 29.
The suspects are 27-year-old actor Jiratpisit "Boom" Jaravijit and his two siblings -- Prinya and Thanasit; Chakris Ahmad, a shareholder of Expay Software Co; and Prasit Srisuwan, a stock investor, deputy CSD chief Chakrit Sawasdee said yesterday.
Mr Jiratpisit and Mr Prinya were previously served arrest warrants for money laundering. Mr Jiratpisit was arrested at a filming location in Bangkok earlier while Mr Prinya has reportedly fled to the United States.
According to Pol Col Chakrit, police have strong evidence to press the fraud charge against the suspects.
The group is accused of luring Finnish investor Aarni Otava Saarimaa to transfer 5,564 bitcoins, equivalent to about 797 million baht, to its e-wallet, claiming it to be an investment in the shares of three firms -- DNA 2002 Plc, Expay Software and NX Chain Inc.
But the victim failed to receive the shares, according to police.
Data at the Business Development Department indicates that the victim and some of the suspects had previously done business together. The data shows that as of Sept 28, 2017, Mr Saarimaa held 20% of the shares, worth 400,000 baht, in Expay Software, Mr Prasit had 25% worth 500,000 baht, and Mr Chakris owned 50% worth one million baht.
Mr Saarimaa lodged a complaint against the group to the the CSD on Jan 30.
Pol Col Chakrit said Mr Prasit, an investor on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, had negotiated with the victim to settle the legal dispute but failed.
The officer said three additional people will be summoned for questioning. They are the parents of the siblings -- Suwit, their father, and Lertchatkamol, their mother -- and former army officer Thammanat Phromphao.
The parents who had 90 million baht transferred to their bank accounts are required to meet police on Aug 27 while Capt Thammanat who is suspected of receiving DNA 2002's shares transferred from Mr Prinya has been summoned to report to police on Aug 28.