Thai Airways employees are faking their deaths in order to take advantage of funeral allowances… but then they keep working at the airline.
“The cooperative has found that the number of members filing for funeral allowance has increased suspiciously over several years,” said cooperative representative Weerayut Thuankong, who joined 20 other staff members in filing the complaint.
“We checked the evidence they submitted and found that the death certificates appeared to be fake, as the persons declared dead are still working for the company.”
‘The cooperative has found that the number of members filing for funeral allowance has increased suspiciously over several years. We checked the evidence they submitted and found that the death certificates appeared to be fake, as the persons declared dead are still working for the company.’
Looking at evidence dating back to 2013, it’s being alleged that there have been at least 26 fraudulent cases, which have caused an estimated 14 million THB (467,000 USD) in damages to the company. That’s an average of 18,000 USD per employee who filed.
Thai Airways is currently in the process of being reorganized, as the airline is in bankruptcy protection.
Corruption has run rampant at the airline for years, and a former Thai Airways chairman was even recently jailed over excess baggage fees.
