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Saxena faces first charge

Source: The Nation
Bangkok : Thailand | about 1 month ago  
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  • Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena arrives at the Criminal Court in Bangkok
    Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena arrives at the Criminal Court in ...
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  • Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena is escorted by Thai police officers at the Crime Suppression Division office in Bangkok
    Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena is escorted by Thai police officers ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena arrives at the Crime Suppression Division office in Bangkok
    Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena arrives at the Crime Suppression ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Former managing director of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce, Rakesh Saxena, escorted by Thai policemen
    Former managing director of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce, Rakesh ...
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Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena arrives at the Criminal Court in ...
vows prosecution will be free from political meddling OAG will pursue his $20m assets in UK and Switzerland  The Office of the Attorney-General will file the first of 20 embezzlement charges against Rakesh Saxena, the man allegedly instrumental in bringing about the collapse of the Bangkok Bank...
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  • News Source: Asian Tribune | about 1 month ago
    The court Saturday allowed Thai police to detain fugitive Indian-born ex-financier Rakesh Saxena for 12 days for questioning regarding alleged embezzlement which led to the closure of Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) in 1995, two years before the Asian...
  • News Source: Channel NewsAsia | about 1 month ago
    A fugitive banker arrived in Thailand after his extradition from Canada and was remanded in custody Saturday on charges of embezzling millions of dollars, a police spokesman said. Indian national Rakesh Saxena landed at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport...
  • News Source: Asian Age | about 1 month ago
    Even as Saxena’s plane was due to land in Thailand, the country’s deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban promised a fair trial in his case in which some members of his shaky coalition have been accused of having ties, Thai TV channels reported. "...
  • News Source: The Nation | about 1 month ago
    Saxena had reportedly suffered from stroke earlier this year and he had to be on wheelchair since then. Thai police have prepared a room and a team of doctors for him who arrived from Canada nearly midnight on Friday at Police Hospital to check his...
  • News Source: Leader Post Online | about 1 month ago
    Thailand — Surrounded by a team of Thai officials, financial fugitive Rakesh Saxena arrived back in Thailand from Vancouver on Friday evening and was handed over to police. Security at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport was strengthened for Saxena's...
  • News Source: Asian Tribune | about 1 month ago
    Rakesh Saxena, a former adviser to the top executive of the failed Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) who was involved in an embezzlement case which helped to bring down the bank in 1995, has been extradited from Canada and landed yesterday midnight in...
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  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    Rakesh Saxena, 57, staged one of the longest extradition battles in Canadian history to avoid being sent back to Thailand to face charges he embezzled $88 million from the Bangkok Bank of Commerce, which collapsed in 1995. ...
  • Blog Source: www.kristv.com
    Rakesh Saxena, 57, had staged one of the longest extradition battles in Canadian history to avoid being sent back to face charges he helped embezzle $88 million from the Bangkok Bank of Commerce, which collapsed in 1995. ... In 2003, then- Canadian
  • Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com
    A fugitive banker's long fight against extradition ended Thursday as he was put on a plane back to Thailand, where he faces charges of fraud that Thai officials say contributed to the 1990s Asian financial crisis. ... Banker Rakesh Saxena had been
  • Blog Source: www.digitaljournal.com
    "Mr. Saxena was charged in Thailand in 1996 with embezzling money from the Bangkok Bank of Commerce. The RCMP Federal Commercial Crime Section arrested Mr. Saxena for extradition matters in 1996 in Whistler, British Columbia," said ...
  • Blog Source: www.bday.net
    ... filed by fugitive Indian-born ex-financier Rakesh Saxena in which he tried to overturn a lower-court decision upholding the extradition, and he was en route to Thailand Friday night, ending his 13-year fight against extradition, ...
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