泰国当局誓言将从一个被指控洗钱的团伙手中查封超过 10 亿美元的资产，该团伙被指控洗钱来自东南亚诈骗集团的收益。
Thai authorities have vowed to seize more than US$1 billion in assets from a group accused of laundering proceeds from Southeast Asia-based scam syndicates.
警方表示，刑事法院周二对涉嫌主谋、南非人本杰明·毛尔贝格、其泰国籍妻子卡塔利娅·比沃、柬埔寨商人任立以及其他四人发出了逮捕令。
A criminal court issued arrest warrants on Tuesday for the alleged ringleader, South African Benjamin Mauerberger, his Thai wife Cattaliya Beevor, Cambodian businessman Yim Leak and four others, police said.
媒体此前曾报道，史密斯（也被称为本·史密斯）与柬埔寨的跨国诈骗活动有关联，这是该地区一个数十亿美元规模的非法产业，规模已迅速膨胀。
Media reports have previously linked Smith, also known as Ben Smith, to transnational scam operations in Cambodia, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry that has ballooned in the region.
任立否认指控，他出身显赫政治家族，是柬埔寨一位高级警官的兄弟。据泰国证券交易委员会称，毛尔贝格、卡塔利娅、任立及其他三人已逃离泰国。
Yim Leak, who denies the charge, belongs to an elite political family and is the brother of a senior Cambodian police official. Mauerberger, Cattaliya, Yim Leak and three others have fled Thailand, according to the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission.
泰国反洗钱官员和证券监管机构周二向记者表示，该集团将犯罪企业的非法收益通过海外金融机构转移，随后在泰国证券交易所兑换为股票。
Thai anti-money laundering officials and securities regulators told reporters on Tuesday that illicit proceeds from criminal enterprises were moved by the group through overseas financial firms before being traded for stocks on the Thai stock exchange.
警方在一份声明中表示，反洗钱办公室（AMLO）将查封资产，包括价值超过 140 亿泰铢（约 4.15 亿美元）的股份，以及价值 210 亿泰铢的房地产、现金和车辆，总计超过 10 亿美元。
The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) would seize assets, including shares worth more than 14 billion baht (US$415 million), and real estate, cash and vehicles valued at 21 billion baht, totalling more than US$1 billion, police said in a statement.
据反洗钱办公室副主任卡蒙西·翁布特诺伊称，被查封资产包括泰国主要企业的股份，其中包括该国最大炼油厂之一的 Bangchak 公司股份。Bangchak 公司在一份声明中表示，资产查封涉及个人投资者，公司业务运营未受影响。卡蒙西告诉记者，被没收的资产将用于补偿网络诈骗受害者。警方表示，这七人被指控串谋洗钱和充当犯罪组织。
The seizures included shares in major Thai firms, including Bangchak, one of the country’s biggest oil refiners, according to AMLO deputy head Kamonsit Wongbutnoi. Bangchak said in a statement that the asset seizures concerned individual investors and business operations were unaffected. Confiscated assets would go towards compensating victims of online scams, Kamonsit told reporters. The group of seven was charged with conspiracy to launder money and acting as a criminal organisation, police said.
任立的发言人兰尼·戴维斯表示，对这位柬埔寨商人的指控“百分之百是假的”。
Lanny Davis, a spokesman for Yim Leak, said the accusations against the Cambodian businessman were “100 per cent false”.
“根本没有任何事实表明他曾参与泰国、柬埔寨或其他任何地方的诈骗行动，”戴维斯说。他表示，伊姆·里克否认该指控，并要求泰国政府提供“任何关于他知情或参与诈骗行动的证据”。
“There isn’t a shred of truth that he’s ever been involved in scam operations in Thailand, in Cambodia or anywhere else,” Davis said. He said Yim Leak denied the charge and challenged the Thai government to provide “any evidence of his knowledge or involvement” in scam operations.
伊姆·里克的律师于10月8日发布声明，指控泰国官员在对他正式起诉前，对其进行媒体审判。声明称，泰国在未进行听证的情况下，冻结了包括其家族在内的超过6亿美元资产。
An October 8 statement issued by Yim Leak’s lawyers accused Thai officials of conducting a trial by media against him before he was charged. It said Thailand froze more than US$600 million in assets, including his family’s, without a hearing.
莫尔伯格的律师维通·肯甘安（Witoon Kengngan）于周三拒绝置评。
A lawyer for Mauerberger, Witoon Kengngan, declined to comment on Wednesday.
今年二月，泰国当局下令扣押价值超过4.1亿美元的资产，涉及史密斯及其他被指诈骗的个人。
In February, Thai authorities ordered the seizure of assets worth more than US$410 million from Smith and other individuals accused of fraud.
泰国反对派议员朗西曼·罗姆（Rangsiman Rome）因其对诈骗的评论被莫尔伯格起诉诽谤，他在周三表示，最新的扣押和逮捕令是“一项积极进展……即使花了一段时间”。
Thai opposition lawmaker Rangsiman Rome, who is being sued by Mauerberger for defamation over comments he made about scams, said on Wednesday the fresh seizures and arrest warrants were “a positive development … even if it’s taken a while”.