According to multiple Thai media reports, the chairman of the Thai House of Representatives Police Committee, Chachana, along with the deputy director of the Thai National Immigration Bureau, the chief of Bangkok's Hua Mak Police Station, and others, held a press conference to explain the recent crackdown on a major gambling website case.
Chachana stated that the investigation and arrest operation of the aforementioned case was due to the police and relevant departmental agencies checking and arresting a group of foreigners (Chinese) engaged in illegal activities in the area. They used Thais as "agents" to engage in a series of illegal activities, such as opening restaurants, engaging in online gambling, telecommunications fraud, etc. After investigating areas such as Huamark Ratchada and RCA, it was discovered that several Chinese capitalists provided funds to Thai gangs to engage in illegal activities.
In this case, the police found that the gang operated four gambling websites, with a capital flow of 200 million Thai baht and a monthly profit of about 70 million Thai baht. Subsequently, the police spent over three months investigating the financial routes and collecting evidence to apply for arrest warrants, and then arrested 12 people, including two Chinese capitalists and three Thai administrators, with the rest being employees and individuals related to illegal accounts, and charged them with illegal gambling invitations, money laundering, and other crimes.
On the evening of February 26, the police went to eight suspicious locations in Bangkok, Nonthaburi Province, Chonburi Province, and Songkhla Province, arresting two men and one woman (Thai), seizing three mansions, two townhouses worth about 250 million Thai baht, as well as two cars and other assets, totaling nearly 300 million Thai baht. There are also nine other suspects involved, including seven Thais, one Chinese, and one Malaysian, who are still at large, and the police are intensifying their efforts to capture them.
The chief of Bangkok's Hua Mak Police Station revealed that the investigation into the four gambling websites confirmed 27 suspects, with arrest warrants issued for 12 people, and the police will accelerate the collection of more evidence to apply for arrest warrants for the remaining 15 people.
