Charges for a trio
The lawsuit said all three were involved in an attempt to evade paying tax while Bhanapot and Pojaman jointly gave false information to Revenue Department officers to avoid the tax.
In November 1997, Pojaman transferred 4.5 million shares of Shinawatra Computer and Communication, worth Bt738 million, to Bhanapot through the account of her maid Duangta Wongpakdi. She presented the transfer as a share sale in the stock market, which is tax-exempt. This was a deliberate deception, the lawsuit claims. In 2001, Bhanapot and Pojaman told officers of the Revenue Department the share transfer was not subjected to tax as it was "a gift" from Pojaman to Bhanapot.
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