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Police say Sararat, dubbed Am Cyanide by Thai media, had a gambling addiction and targeted friends she owed money to, then stole their jewellery and valuables.

Some £3.7bn is collectively owed to energy suppliers from people unable to pay their gas and electricity bills, for example.

The money is owed to people who tripped on broken sidewalks or crashed their bikes on crumbling asphalt, had property damaged by potholes or falling tree branches, and suffered other mishaps involving city infrastructure.

Recent bankruptcy filings listed about 300 such unresolved cases, with well over $2 million owed to injured workers, medical providers and others.

Prosecutors said Gong told the family member that Wang and Li had failed to show up to a meeting in New York to pick up the $80,000 he owed them.