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THAILAND

PP deputy chief denies charge

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/02/2026

» Deputy People's Party leader Rangsiman Rome on Monday pleaded not guilty in a defamation case brought by Benjamin Mauerberger, also known as Ben Smith, over remarks made during a parliamentary debate.

THAILAND

Fraud complaints 'declining'

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/02/2026

» The Anti Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC) has reported a decline in overall online fraud cases in the latest weekly review but warned that investment scams have surged to become the leading cause of financial losses, with damages exceeding 123 million baht.

THAILAND

'Ohkajhu' restaurant logo used in online scam

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/02/2026

» A 75-year-old former civil servant has lost almost 24 million baht to an online investment scam that hijacked the name of a popular restaurant brand, the Anti Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC) yesterday.

THAILAND

Retiree duped out of B24m in ‘high-yield’ investment scam

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/02/2026

» A 75-year-old retired civil servant lost almost 24 million baht to an online investment scam that hijacked the name of a popular restaurant brand and used the Line messaging app to attract victims.

THAILAND

17 Chinese sneaking into Thailand arrested at Bangkok hotel

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/02/2026

» Seventeen Chinese nationals were arrested at a Bangkok hotel on Tuesday after entering Thailand illegally from Cambodia, having fled the neighbouring country after scam centres were reportedly shut down.

THAILAND

Online fraud rises, losses fall

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/02/2026

» The Anti Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC) has reported a sharp rise in online fraud cases, with nearly 8,000 cases recorded nationwide in just one week, though the average loss per case has declined.

THAILAND

Four arrested for murder of greedy debt collector

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/02/2026

» Police arrested four men in the South on Sunday morning for the murder of a debt collector said to have kept the money for himself, instead of passing it on to his influential loan-shark boss. 

THAILAND

Call-centre gangs shift to using corporate accounts

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/01/2026

» The Anti-Online Scam Centre (ACSC) has uncovered a new operational model used by call-centre gangs, which have shifted from using individual mule accounts to corporate "mule accounts" to defraud victims, evade scrutiny, and launder larger sums of money, police said.

THAILAND

'Mule' accounts proliferate

News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/01/2026

» The term "mule account" -- once obscure, now widely recognised -- has become synonymous with financial crime in Thailand.

THAILAND

Briton, five Thai women arrested for investment scam

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2026

» A British man and five Thai women have been arrested for allegedly luring more than 400 Thai and foreign victims — many of them retirees in Pattaya — into an investment scam with promises of exorbitant stock trading returns.