A high-ranking public official in Thailand and her daughter have urged a federal judge to throw out money laundering charges filed against them in a case tied to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation against a Hollywood producer and his wife, saying the charges were an attempt to get around a ban on prosecuting foreign officials for taking bribes.
Juthamas Siriwan, a former senior official with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, and her daughter, Jittisopa Siriwan, were charged in 2009 with violating the U.S. Money Laundering Control Act and Thailand’s bribery laws. Their lawyer, David Fink, a partner at Kelley Drye & Warren in Los Angeles, wants the charges dismissed on the ground that federal prosecutors failed to allege a money-laundering crime separate from the underlying bribe. Additionally, he argued that the case belongs in Thailand, not the U.S.
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