The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has decided to confiscate assets worth 286 million baht from iCon Group Company.
On Monday, however, AMLO’s transactions committee agreed to unfreeze 40 assets seized from iCon Group, worth about 29 million baht, after their owners had proven to the committee’s satisfaction that they were not proceeds of a crime.
Investors who claimed to have been cheated out of their investments by iCon Group are advised to file claims for compensation with AMLO by February 17.
AMLO said that it will compile a list of claimants for submission to the prosecutor’s office, after which a petition will be filed with the Civil Court which will, in turn, order the unfrozen assets to be divided among the claimants proportionate to their investment.
Meanwhile, it is reported that the Department of Special Investigation has scheduled a meeting this Friday to conclude the iCon Group’s fraud case, prior to submission to the Office of the Attorney-General.
DSI Spokesman Pol Maj Woranan Srilum said that DSI investigators will decide this Friday which of the 18 iCon Group executives and associates, currently held in custody, will be indicted.
He disclosed that the three entertainment celebrities among the 18 suspects have submitted letters to the DSI, insisting that they were merely employees of iCon Group and were not senior executives, as is being reported.
All 18 suspects have been charged with defrauding the public and money laundering.
