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Love, lust and lost funds
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/07/2025
» A growing scandal involving senior Buddhist monks and a woman dubbed "Sika Golf" has gripped Thailand in recent weeks. The case centres on Wilawan Emsawat, a 35-year-old woman accused of forging intimate relationships with high-ranking monks and allegedly using them for financial gain, sparking a wide-ranging police investigation and multiple arrests.
Cyber police apprehend 6 in international fraud bust
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2025
» The cyber police have arrested six suspects in a transnational fraud ring that used fake email invoices to trick a major Japanese company into transferring more than 228 million baht to a Thai bank account.
Thailand weighs casino legalisation
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 08/07/2025
» As Thailand edges closer to legalising casinos under its proposed Entertainment Complex Bill, the debate over potential benefits and risks is intensifying.
Hong Kong police arrest 8 after fake concert tickets sold for B2.7m
Published on 20/06/2025
» Hong Kong police have arrested eight suspects aged as young as 20 in a crackdown on a cross-border syndicate that allegedly sold fake concert tickets for a total of HK$650,000 (2.7 million baht), with the South China Morning Post learning that Taiwanese star Jay Chou's fans were among those targeted.
No bail for former adviser, son
News, Published on 07/06/2025
» Nathaporn Toprayoon, a former adviser to the Ombudsman, and his son Rattisith have been formally indicted and denied bail on charges linked to the high-profile Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) fraud scandal.
Bank employees in Pattaya charged with helping Chinese scammers
Published on 21/05/2025
» Eleven people, four of them Pattaya bank employees, have been arrested on charges of helping Chinese scammers falsify documents used to open bank accounts.
Disgraced abbot surrenders, defrocked
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/05/2025
» Almost 850 million baht was found to have been transferred to the account of a female broker linked to an online gambling network after police sifted through evidence related to the embezzlement allegations against the former abbot of Wat Rai Khing temple.
Thai police bust illegal crypto trading operations
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/04/2025
» Police have arrested five suspects involved in illegal cryptocurrency trading during raids on eight locations in Bangkok and two tourist provinces, with some firms allegedly laundering money for drug and scam networks.
Amlo to reinstate policy on politicians
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/04/2025
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has received an assurance from the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) that a shelved measure to rein in politicians who launder ill-got gains will be restored, says the agency's chief.
Campaigns mount against Thai govt’s casino bill
Post Reporters, Published on 06/04/2025
» Former constitution drafters, doctors and economic lecturers have voiced strong opposition to the government’s casino bill, saying it will ruin the country and its people.