A Thai woman who masterminded a scheme to cheat almost 200 victims in a luxury goods scam was sentenced to 14 years’ jail on Oct 29. Pansuk Siriwipa, 30, who joined court proceedings via video-link, looked down and nodded her head when the judge read out the...
Pansuk Siriwipa and her Singaporean husband Pi Jiapeng, made headlines in 2022 as the couple involved in the $32 million luxury goods scam.A Thai woman who masterminded a scheme to cheat almost 200 victims in a luxury goods scam was sentenced to 14 years’ jail on Oct 29.
She faced a total of 180 charges, with the remaining 150 charges taken into consideration during sentencing. Pansuk and Pi got married in September 2020. In May 2021, they started Tradenation to sell luxury watches.Even when the companies had financial issues, she continued accepting orders and payments from customers.
But at the end of 2021 and in early 2022, she had trouble sourcing the goods overseas. She later obtained them from local suppliers, but paid more for the merchandise.
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