PUBLISHED: 18 Dec 2024 at 04: 00
A Thai lady and her Indonesian husband have been detained in Nonthaburi after laundering money for online gambling sites.
Pol Lt Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, deputy police commissioner, and Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phiewphan, acting chief of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB ), led the operation on Monday against the money laundering networks of online gambling gangs.
The group raided five spots in Bangkok, Samut Prakan, Ayutthaya, and Nonthaburi.
They arrested Mr Pattama and Kia Lim Hao at a business in Nonthaburi’s Muang city. Police also confiscated 4 million baht in money, a gold ring weighing 45.6 milligrams, two timepieces for 2.6 million baht, 16 luxury carriers, a car, and a bank book. The resources ‘ total price was about 13 million ringgit.
Ms. Pattama claimed to have resided with Mr. Hao for three decades. To run a variety of companies, including a wine store and shrimp fishing, they established a company with two million baht in authorized capital.
The set was hired to laundering cash for an online betting network, according to Pol Lt Gen Thatchai, who claimed they had established a reputable business. More than 10 businesses in Bangkok and its surroundings were established using the money to build several fronts, including restaurants in Ekkamai and Ayutthaya and a shrimp diner in Lat Phrao.
Some of the businesses were not in activity.
Police may expand the investigation so that more than 20 offenders can be located.