The court ruled on July 8 that Kasikornbank must pay 1 million baht, plus 5% annual interest from Dec. 8, 2024, to Miss Charlotte Co Ltd, the firm that manages the Phuket-born actress's finances, Bangkok Post reported.
The bank was also ordered to cover a proportional share of court fees and 20,000 baht in legal costs.
The headquarters of Kasikorn Bank are pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 5, 2016. Photo by Reuters
Austin, the fifth runner-up in the Miss Grand Thailand 2022 pageant, was among the first Thai public figures identified as a victim of call-center gangs operating across the region, and her case pushed other victims to report to police.
She was 25 when she received a video call on Dec. 7, 2024 from a man posing as an official from Thailand's Department of Special Investigation.
