The Economic Crime Division police arrested a company director who forged public company documents to fraudulently obtain bank loans, resulting in losses exceeding 21 million baht.
On 7 Feb 2026 GMT+7, Pol. Maj. Gen. Tatsapoom Jaruprat, Commander of the Economic Crime Division, ordered Pol. Col. Krit Woratat, Superintendent of Division 5, and Pol. Lt. Col. Natdanai Bumrungsilp, Investigator of Division 5, to arrest Mrs. Kolanya or Wilailak Klapdee, 55, under two criminal court warrants for "conspiracy to forge official documents and conspiracy to use forged official documents." She was arrested in front of her home in Bang Rak Phatthana Subdistrict, Bang Bua Thong District, Nonthaburi Province.
In 2019, a financial institution filed a complaint with investigators of Division 5, Economic Crime Division, to prosecute a company where Mrs. Kolanya was an authorized director. The complaint alleged that she forged official documents to obtain a loan, deceiving the financial institution and causing damages exceeding 21 million baht.
Investigations revealed that Mrs. Kolanya was a director of a company engaged in manufacturing precast cement panels and had a previous borrowing history with the victim financial institution. She applied for a 21 million baht loan by forging invoices and delivery documents between her company and a public company, submitting them to the bank to secure loan approval based on the fake invoices.
The public company cited as a partner verified that the invoices and delivery documents were forged. The suspect’s company exploited their prior business relationship by reusing invoice numbers from original documents to create forgeries. Investigators collected evidence and obtained arrest warrants. They found that Mrs. Kolanya had been hiding in a forest monastery for over six years but recently returned to a residence in Nonthaburi Province, where she was arrested.
During interrogation, the suspect denied the charges but admitted that the loan money was used to finance her now-closed business. Records also showed she had been prosecuted over 47 times under the Check Act. She was taken to Division 5 of the Economic Crime Division for legal proceedings.