Thai actress Nana Rybena was arrested by cybercrime officers at her house in the Phra Khanong district of Bangkok this morning, on charges of defrauding the public in violation of the Lending Act.
She was taken to the Central Investigation Bureau for questioning.
Her lawyer, Saiyud Pengboonchu, told the media that he accompanied Nana and offered an assurance that the actress has no intention of attempting to escape. He also said that Nana is prepared to enter the legal process, adding that she has prepared 500,000 baht in bail to secure temporary release from detention.
Seventeen people, including several celebrities and parents of students at an international school, have lodged complaints with cybercrime police, claiming that they were duped to investing a total of about 190 million baht in four virtual businesses, alleged to part of a Ponzi scheme, which offered monthly returns of between 4% and 7%.
The victims claim that they received the returns on monthly basis, but, since February, the actress been defaulting on returns payments, claiming that some of her bank accounts had been frozen.
Instead, she issued cheques to the victims which bounced.
