The South Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced three defendants involved as bookkeepers to 2 years and 3 months imprisonment for supporting online gambling via electronic media and aiding money laundering, while Minnie's ex-boyfriend and four others were acquitted.
On 13 Dec 2025 GMT+7, reporters reported that on 11 Dec at the South Bangkok Criminal Court, the court delivered its judgment in case number Or 2128/2023. The Special Case Prosecutor's Office 2 charged Mr. Jirantanin, Minnie's ex-boyfriend; Ms. Chansita, Minnie's partner; Mr. Kittisak, a first-tier bookkeeper linked to the website; Mr. Kanchit, a bookkeeper for a police lieutenant colonel; Mr. Puttipong, a bookkeeper for a police lieutenant colonel; Ms. Yupaporn Wongla, a second-tier bookkeeper; Mrs. Sangduan Kaewthong, a second-tier bookkeeper; and Ms. Rerai Srithat, a second-tier bookkeeper, as defendants 1 to 8 in the 'Minnie' online gambling network case. They were charged with jointly organizing or devising to facilitate, advertise, or induce others directly or indirectly to gamble online without permission from authorities; conspiring with two or more persons to commit money laundering; and committing money laundering due to conspiracy and joint action.
Defendant 1 absented himself and fled, failing to attend the verdict reading. Defendant 3 was separately charged due to fleeing but was later apprehended, while defendants 2 and 4 through 8 appeared in court.
The court considered the evidence and found that defendants 6, 7, and 8 clearly acted as bookkeepers receiving money from the gambling website and had accounts linked to others. They intentionally opened accounts for others to use, thus guilty of supporting gambling and money laundering.
For defendants 1 and 2, the only evidence was chat conversations with Ms. Thanyanan or “Minnie,” with no other proof of joint organization of gambling. Therefore, the court gave the benefit of the doubt to defendants 1 and 2 and acquitted them.
Defendants 4 and 5 lacked evidence of jointly organizing gambling and had no intention to facilitate gambling, so they were found not guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The court sentenced defendants 6, 7, and 8 for multiple offenses, to be served concurrently: for supporting the organization of online gambling, each was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment; for supporting money laundering, each received 3 years imprisonment. Considering the defendants’ testimonies, the court granted mitigation, reducing sentences by one-third, resulting in imprisonment of 2 years, 3 months, and 20 days each. Defendants 1, 2, 4, and 5 were acquitted.