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BoT flags suspicious cash withdrawals, largest case hits B250m
Online Reporters, Published on 28/01/2026
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has detected unusually large cash withdrawals amounting to more than 250 million baht, with some customers requesting only 500‑baht banknotes, prompting the agency to prepare reports for concerned agencies, including the Election Commission.
Iranian couple caught running off with Indian man's cash in Bangkok mall
Online Reporters, Published on 24/10/2025
» Two Iranian nationals were arrested in a Pathum Wan mall on Thursday after trying to run off with US$1,600 they "asked to see" from an Indian man.
Police bust major pirate football, movie streaming operation
News, Online Reporters, Published on 30/09/2025
» Police have busted a large hub run by copyright pirates streaming Premier League football matches and movies through an illegal website, serving over 100,000 members and earning 200 million baht a year.
Korean man held for alleged crypto laundering
Online Reporters, Published on 23/08/2025
» Thai police have arrested a 33-year-old South Korean man for allegedly laundering cryptocurrency for call-centre gangs by converting it into gold bars, with transactions worth more than 1.6 billion baht over a three-month period.
Fraud suspect jumps from window of Pattaya police station
Online Reporters, Published on 05/06/2025
» A 38-year-old Chinese fraud suspect remains at large after jumping from a second-floor window at the Pattaya police station while the officers questioning him were momentarily distracted.
American caught passing 'movie dollars' in Pattaya
News, Online Reporters, Published on 04/06/2025
» PATTAYA - An American tourist was held for passing counterfeit banknotes after he tried to exchange US dollars stamped “For Motion Picture Use Only” at a currency exchange booth in this tourist city.
Bangkok armed robbery suspect ‘hit 6 currency exchanges’
Online Reporters, Published on 28/05/2025
» Bangkok police have arrested a 23-year-old Indian armed robbery suspect accused of targeting six currency exchanges across the city in a single day.
2 Liberians arrested in Bangkok over B3m gold scam
Online Reporters, Published on 05/01/2025
» Two Liberian men have been arrested for stealing US$90,000, or about 3 million baht, from a Thai businessman by swapping counterfeit banknotes for genuine ones in a gold-selling scam.
Six police, one civilian arrested for alleged extortion
Online Reporters, Published on 01/11/2024
» Six police officers and a civilian were arrested for allegedly trying to extort 300 million baht from a Chinese-Vanuatu man in Samut Prakan province. The victim had already paid them 5.7 million baht after negotiations.
5% of CNG-powered buses defective
Online Reporters, Published on 17/10/2024
» The Department of Land Transport says that 68 of the 1,331 CNG-fuelled buses it has inspected this month were below standards and have been temporarily banned from the roads.