Former Monk, Psychic Doctor Get Decades for Massive Temple Fund Embezzlement
A Thai court sentenced a former monk to 742 years and a self-proclaimed psychic doctor to over 386 years for embezzling and laundering more than 10 billion baht in donations to Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu. The psychic doctor's sentence was capped at 50 years due to his testimony.
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