There\u2019s a possibility Siapo could serve just 20 years of the 54, since that\u2019s the maximum prison sentence in Thailand for many non-violent offenders. Siapo is currently appealing the court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n
There isn\u2019t much information regarding Siapo\u2019s role in assisting the Thai House of Representatives with its discussion on gambling regulations. Since he was an adviser only six months prior to the arrest, there\u2019s a strong chance that something during his work with the government triggered the investigation.<\/p>\n
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Police determined that he had been running his illegal operations since at least 2018. By the time they broke up the group, it had conducted over 575K financial transactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
When police launched their raids on the various locations in 2021, many of the would-be accomplices scattered. Some are still at large, including Siapo\u2019s mother and a number of citizens from Myanmar who had traveled to Thailand for the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In February of last year, police in Thailand arrested an internet personality and former boxer on charges of running an illegal gambling operation. Now, Siapo Po-arnon has had his day in court and the result was a sentence of 54 years in prison. Siapo was arrested at his house in Bangkok as part of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":247943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[81913,13766,56],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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