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Net idol Siapo jailed for 54 years for online gambling, money laundering

Crime Suppression Division police arrest Siapo Po-arnon, a popular net idol, during a raid on his house in Bangkok on Feb 4 this year. (File photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Siapo Po-arnon, a popular net idol, to 54 years in jail for money laundering and promoting online gambling to the tune of 1.8 billion baht in bets.

Siapo, 30, was among 21 defendants named in a lawsuit filed by public prosecutors for violating the Gambling Act, the Money Laundering Act and for other offences.

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