The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) raided an online lottery gambling site and seized assets over 300 million Thai Baht in a cryptocurrency money laundering investigation, discovering that the circulating assets exceeded 10 billion Thai Baht.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCDC) jointly announced the operation against the online lottery gambling site, seizing assets worth over 300 million Thai Baht and finding circulating assets exceeding 10 billion Thai Baht.
Regarding the progress, further reports will follow. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) initiated an operation, conducting a raid on the "online lottery gambling site" platform, laundering money through cryptocurrency, and seized 59 million Thai Baht in cash, discovering that this amount of money was in circulation, breaking 10 billion.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), through the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), jointly arrested 8 suspects accused of "jointly organizing a gaming crime," allowing others to gamble through electronic media, directly or indirectly, and jointly laundering money.
The Royal Thai Police's 3rd Division officers initiated an operation based on arrest warrants to search and arrest the defendants, seizing properties believed to be obtained from the aforementioned criminal activities. This is because the police are investigating an online lottery gambling site called "LTO Bet," which offers various types of online gambling in the Bangkok area and surrounding provinces.
Therefore, we conducted an investigation until we found the accounts for receiving and withdrawing money. Hence, we will check the financial trails and follow up with relevant individuals and digital information. The police have identified several suspects.
Playing a crucial role in the network, system administrators, remitters, and recipients are preparing to request arrest warrants from the court to take legal action. Until this operation is carried out
Under the guidance of Major General Jirapop Phuridej, Commander-in-Chief of the Central Investigation Bureau, and Major General Atip Phongsiwapai, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police, along with the police of the Royal Thai Police's 3rd Division led by Police Chief Waidee.
