723 years prison for dodgy restaurant vouchers.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Thai restaurant owners given 723 years in prison after $3 buffet promotion
Kocha Olarn and Rob Picheta
CNN Published: Friday, 12 June 2020 10:14 am

Two restaurant owners have been sentenced to 723 years in prison in Thailand, after defrauding the public with a seafood promotion.

Apichart Bowornbancharak and Prapassorn Bawornban sold vouchers to customers that entitled them to use their seafood buffet at an extremely low price.

But they later reneged on the promotions, leading to complaints from hundreds of disgruntled customers.

Prosecutors said they were aware their offer could not be fulfilled. “It was impossible to sell such high-quality food as advertised,” they argued in court, adding that the defendants “didn’t have (the) intention to fulfil the conditions as advertised to the public.”

The pair, whose restaurant was named Laemgate Infinite, was arrested in September and have been detained since then.

Thailand often issues lengthy prison sentences owing to multiple counts, but Thai law means they will not serve more than 20 years in prison.

Prosecutors said 347 customers had purchased the promotion after it was advertised on Facebook and other social media.

Prices offered were as low as 88 Thai baht ($3).

The pair pleaded guilty from the beginning of their court proceedings, the prosecutor told CNN.

Their sentence was reduced from 1,446 years after they confessed, and they were also fined 1,807,500 baht ($58,500).

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God they don't stuff around over there hey!

Imagine their lawyer... "Great news guys! I managed to get your sentence cut in half!"

[MercuryT]

It's a really strange system though.

They get 1,446 years but can only serve a maximum of 20 years.

Why bother with the insanely high amount in the first place?!

[blueoval]

Originally Posted by MercuryT

It's a really strange system though.

They get 1,446 years but can only serve a maximum of 20 years.

Why bother with the insanely high amount in the first place?!

Scare tactics?

That said, we need that sort of harsh discouragement here.

Thailand is my home country. But if you are going to screw over the locals like that, there is no sympathy. Most Thais are good hard working honest people.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by blueoval

Scare tactics?

That said, we need that sort of harsh discouragement here.

No we don't. It's ridiculous.

What we do need though, is SOME form of punishment for deception. Too easy to get away with scams here, and even if caught the punishment is ****weak.

[blueoval]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

No we don't. It's ridiculous.

What we do need though, is SOME form of punishment for deception. Too easy to get away with scams here, and even if caught the punishment is ****weak.

That was what I was meaning. Apologies if it didnt come across that way. Discouragement/punishment is what is needed to discourage deception.

[MercuryT]

Originally Posted by blueoval

Scare tactics?

That said, we need that sort of harsh discouragement here.

Thailand is my home country. But if you are going to screw over the locals like that, there is no sympathy. Most Thais are good hard working honest people.

Maybe scare tactics, not sure.

Just find it an extremely odd way of sentencing.....

[Franco Cozzo]

Countries that still have the death penalty still have violent crimes - more focus and resources on not making a nation chock full of degenerates rather than spending money on incarceration I reckon.

[guzzis3]

Crime rates follow low social cohesion. If people don't think society is working for them they are more prone to anti social behavior.

I've read research that suggests likelyhood of being caught is a bigger deterrent than severity of punishment, unfortunately our punishment has fallen to such low levels getting caught is no longer a deterrent.

The problem with teh death penalty is it's final. There are a good proportion of people convicted of things they didn't do. Some even manage to prove it eventually. If they are dead how do yo make reparations ? Also killing people is really expensive.