The highest court today supported the decision of the lower courts and affirmed the imprisonment of a 57-year-old woman for 12 years after she was determined to have taken Bt24 million from her sick mother.
Huay Srivirat, 86, informed the court that her daughter, Mawadee, withdrew money from her bank accounts multiple times without her permission while she was in the hospital for heart disease in 2017. The total amount withdrawn from Huay’s accounts was Bt24 million.
In Thailand, it is illegal for a person to wrongfully take or misuse the property of their ancestors.
In January last year, a Civil Court ruled in favor of Mawadee and instructed a Thai bank to compensate the mother with Bt207 million plus interest. The Court stated that the bank, whose name is not disclosed, permitted its employees to alter the authorized signatures on Huay’s bank account.
The court was told that, while the mother was in the hospital, Mawadee and two bank employees forged Huay’s signature to approve Mawadee to withdraw money from the accounts.
