The police carried out a sequence of raids on properties in each Bangkok and Loei on Saturday, apprehending three individuals underneath dubious circumstances, allegedly tied to the operation of online playing web sites.
Deputy National Police Chief Roy Ingkapairote yesterday revealed that these arrests were the handiwork of the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) who’d been inspired by suspicious activities linked to a number of online gambling sites, amongst which betfixroyal.com was distinguished.
The arrested online gambling trio, christened by law enforcement solely as Suchanan, Oranee, and Natthawat, discovered themselves the major focus of the crackdown.
The enforcers managed to round up substantial proof, hauling away 100 bank passbooks, fifty five ATM cards, 30 cell phones and a hefty amount of money counting as a lot as 920,000 baht. Several objects of electronics like laptops and iPads adopted go well with, along with a powerful white Toyota car, with an estimated 1 million baht price ticket.
Roy affirms that a multitude of customers, to the tune of fifty,000 had been discovered to be indulging in these online playing websites, the entire money move of which added up to over 100 million baht.
All detainees have now been slapped with a sequence of costs, including incitement of on-line playing actions alongside affiliation with cash laundering practices.
Roy additional elaborated that several on-line gambling scams, prevalent in northern parts, appeared to have the suspects’ fingerprints all over them, leading officers to levy additional costs under the Royal Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression.
In addition to the upcoming investigation, the Anti-Money Laundering Office will receive a notification to freeze the questionable assets of these suspects, additional deepening the probe.
The collection of recent arrests trod a path just like the apprehension of the notorious Pongsiri Thanratchawongsuek, also identified as Boss Than, captured in Phayao on June 20. Explode , chairman of the Lamphun Warriors Football Club, found himself in scorching water over allegations of helming the illegal on-line playing web site, TS911.com.
Investigations found that his website was fraudulent by design, allowing customers to gamble by simply scanning a QR code displayed on the Line cellular utility.
Under the scope of those online playing arrests, Pongsiri’s site was revealed to host a whopping 40,704 customers while garnering 7,017 followers on Line..