Actress Panadda “Boom” Wongphudee was arrested in Bangkok and taken for questioning by investigators over alleged public fraud and money laundering. The 50-year-old arrived at the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in Bueng Kum district at 6.30am on Friday after warrants were issued for her and her husband the previous evening. Police waited until daybreak to move. Wongphudee, a social activist and president of the Goodness Foundation, had been waiting at home with her lawyer after learning about the warrants. While being escorted to the CIB by Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) investigators, she performed a wai and apologised briefly to reporters. She said she was ready to enter the judicial process and apologised to everyone. Her husband, Atip “Got” Anantawan, surrendered to authorities a day after the warrants were issued, arriving at the Crime Suppression Division under the CIB. Investigators also searched Wongphudee’s residence after the arrest and carried out searches at two foundation offices in Thanya Buri district of Pathum Thani and Bang Khen district in Bangkok. Police have frozen 18 bank accounts containing about 102 million baht linked to people connected to Wongphudee and her foundation. Another 30 accounts have also been frozen, after receiving transfers from Wongphudee’s personal accounts and from the Goodness Foundation accounts, with a further 2 million baht in those accounts. Police said other assets had yet to be frozen while investigators examine the full extent. Officials said Wongphudee faces three charges, colluding to defraud the public, conspiring to commit money laundering, and entering false information into a computer system. Her husband faces one charge, conspiring to commit money laundering. Police expected to bring the suspects to Criminal Court to seek approval to detain them no later than Saturday. The case is ongoing, with both suspects expected to be taken to court for detention approval after the arrest and surrender.