A former Thai bank clerk who was wanted for allegedly helping himself to 2 different bank customer's hard earned money was arrested yesterday in Chiang Rai. The ex-bank employee reportedly removed a total of 26 million baht from customers' fixed accounts during a 5 year period.

The 40 year-old was taking the money from two fixed deposit accounts that belonged to customers he knew that didn't check their deposits and account balances on a regular basis. The theft took place while he was an employee of Kasikornbank's Phahon Yothin branch.

An investigation into the account theft was commenced when it was noticed by the bank that certain bank account balances were not befitting of recent deposits being made. Shortly there after a police report was made in the investigation.

After the investigation was underway by the bank, the employee accused of the theft fled. He was reportedly hiding out near gambling facilities in order to keep gambling due to an addiction he was nursing.

Apparently, Mr. Anan has a serious sports gambling addiction to soccer and was wagering some ten thousand baht per game. After amassing a major gambling debt due to his inability to quit, he took money from the bank accounts to cover the debts. He started wagering on games back in 1999, around the sam time bank accounts were being depleted.