141,078 Years: The Thai Pyramid Queen Who Fooled Generals and Royalty
One woman. Over 16,000 victims. A sentence longer than recorded human history.
In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, Alexander Lawson unravels the astonishing rise and fall of Chamoy Thipyaso—the Petroleum Authority employee and air-force wife who turned a simple chit fund into one of Thailand’s most devastating pyramid schemes. Promising oil-share returns of 78% a year, she drew in military officers, civil servants, and even members of the royal household, amassing hundreds of millions of dollars over nearly two decades.
When the scheme finally collapsed, the court handed down the longest…
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