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The Star
5 days ago
- The Star
One arrested, 56 million baht in assets seized in Thailand's crackdown on online gambling ring
BANGKOK: Police from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) raided a house in Pathum Thani on Wednesday (Aug 6) morning, arresting an alleged key member of an online gambling ring and freezing assets worth 56 million baht. The CCIB, led by Pol Col Adichart Amornpradit, chief of the Information Analysis and Special Tool Division, raided a luxury house in the Klong Nueng area of Pathum Thani's Klong Luang district in the early hours. The raid was conducted under a search warrant issued by the Pathum Thani court on Tuesday and an arrest warrant issued by the Khon Kaen court on Monday. The CCIB alleges that the house was the operational base for the Auto888vip gambling website. The CCIB stated that the website had around 3,000 regular gamblers per month and generated an annual circulation of 100 million baht. Police said the website operated from December last year until May this year. During the raid, police arrested Taweesak, 30, on charges of being a beneficiary and the person responsible for withdrawing cash for the gang. Among the seized assets were two luxury cars worth 15 million baht, a house worth 7 million baht, and 28 million baht in cash. Police said they would continue to search for and arrest other members of the gang. - The Nation/ANN
Bangkok Post
5 days ago
- Bangkok Post
Cyber police bust major gambling website, seize assets worth B56m
Police have seized cash, luxury cars and other assets, worth about 56 million baht in all, and arrested a man linked to a major gambling website at a luxury house in Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani. Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police raided the house in Khlong Nueng area on Wednesday, acting on information linking it to the illegal gambling website CCIB chief Pol Lt Gen Trairong Piewpan said on Wednesday. They executed a search warrant approved by Pathum Thani provincial court. They arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly managed the financial operations of the gambling platform, including handling proceeds and withdrawing money from the gambling website. The officers impounded assets including a Mercedes-Benz CLS53 valued at 5 million baht, a BMW M4 worth 10 million baht, 28 million baht in cash, luxury watches and brand-name goods, with a combined worth over 56 million baht. Titles to a house and land worth 7 million baht were also frozen to facilitate further investigation, Pol Lt Gen Trairong said. The operation followed an investigation into which was found to be actively offering illegal online gambling services. Investigators learned that the platform had around 3,000 active user accounts each month and had processed monthly cash withdrawals totalling about 20 million baht over the past six months, the CCIB chief said. He said the investigation was continuing with the aim of arresting others involved in the gambling operation.
Bangkok Post
30-07-2025
- Bangkok Post
Thais working in Cambodia's Poipet opt to stay after ceasefire
About a thousand Thais working at casinos and call centres in Poipet who had expressed a wish to return home changed their minds and went back to work after learning about the ceasefire agreement, according to cybercrime police. Scam gangs were believed operating as usual, unaffected by the fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops on the border, the commander of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phiwphan, said on Wednesday. Checkpoint records in Sa Kaeo province show about 1,000 Thais crossed back from Cambodia on July 26, he said. Some were found to be involved in one or more of about 800 scam cases, and were being prosecuted, Pol Lt Gen Trairong said. On July 27, the CCIB was informed of another 1,000 Thai workers desiring to return to Thailand. However, after the announcement of a ceasefire from midnight Tuesday, only 74 of them returned. The rest seem to have changed their minds and continued working in the casino township of Poipet. Pol Lt Gen Trairong also warned people intending to donate to border operations and shelters to beware of scams. No government agencies had opened for donations. Cybercrime investigators were watching and would immediately take down every scam donation site they detected or learned about. Pol Maj Gen Trairong said.
Bangkok Post
30-07-2025
- Bangkok Post
Thais working in Poipet opt to stay after ceasefire
About a thousand Thais working working at casinos and call centres in Poipet who had expressed a wish to return home changed their minds and went back to work after learning about the ceasefire agreement, according to cybercrime police. Scam gangs were believed operating as usual, unaffected by the fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops on the border, the commander of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phiwphan, said on Wednesday. Checkpoint records in Sa Kaeo province show about 1,000 Thais crossed back from Cambodia on July 26, he said. Some were found to be involved in one or more of about 800 scam cases, and were being prosecuted, Pol Lt Gen Trairong said. On July 27, the CCIB was informed of another 1,000 Thai workers desiring to return to Thailand. However, after the announcement of a ceasefire from midnight Tuesday, only 74 of them returned. The rest seem to have changed their minds and continued working in the casino township of Poipet. Pol Lt Gen Trairong also warned people intending to donate to border operations and shelters to beware of scams. No government agencies had opened for donations. Cybercrime investigators were watching and would immediately take down every scam donation site they detected or learned about. Pol Maj Gen Trairong said.
Bangkok Post
15-07-2025
- Bangkok Post
More raids as police seek to arrest Kok An's children
Cyber Crime Police with arrest warrants raided another seven locations in Bangkok and Sa Kaeo in their search for two daughters and a son of accused Cambodian scam-backer and casino owner Kok An. The Criminal Court approved search warrants for the seven premises, linked to the illegal network of Kok An, 71, who is accused of backing scam centres operating from buildings he owns in Poipet. It followed the approval of arrest warrants on Monday for Kok An's children - two daughters, identified as Juree Khlongkijjakol and Phu Chelin, and a son, Kittisak, Pol Gen Thatchai Peetaneelabut, the police spokesman, said. He is also head of The Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression (TACTICS). Tuesday's raids were led by Pol Gen Thatchai, Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phiewphan, commander of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), and Pol Maj Gen Tinkorn Rangmat, deputy commander of the CCIB. Two raided houses were in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo, neighbouring Cambodia. The first was in tambon Ban Mai Nong Sai in Aranyaprathet district, which belonged to a woman identified only as Amphon. Another was in Taphraya district, belonging to a woman, identified only as Wannida. Police said the two women were members of the management team of a 25-storey building in Poipet housing a scam operation led by Ms Juree. Two houses were searched in Bangkok. One, belonging to Ms Juree, was in soi 15 Chaloem Phrakiat Rama 9 road in Prawet district. Her elder brother, Kittisak, was listed on the house registration. The other, in the same area, belonged to Phu Chelin. (continues below) Police also seached two company premises in Bangkok - Breadcrumb Co Ltd, in G Zone FB of Seacon Square shopping mall in Prawet district, and CC Development TH Co Ltd in Bang Phlat district. Both belong to Ms Juree. They also searched room 4703 on the 47th floor of the Empire Tower in Sathon. The room was used by Ms Phu as an office. Police did not say if any people were present at these locations. Kok An's children are accused of involvement in transnational crime. Police said they are Cambodian nationals, but have Thai ID cards. The Department of Administration, under the Interior Ministry, views this with suspicion and has set up a panel to determine if any officials were wrongfully involved. Police on Monday said they had also identified more suspects, Thai and Cambodian nationals, also involved in the scam network. They included people who arranged mule accounts and used them to launder their ill-gotten gains.
