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Fake scam busters steal students’ data
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/02/2026
» Police have arrested three members of a gang posing as anti-scam trainers to steal personal data from hundreds of young students and allegedly using it to register mobile phone SIM cards they sold to scam gangs in Myanmar.
Police put to the test
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of crimes and scandals that shook public confidence in institutions meant to protect society. From a deadly mass shooting in Bangkok to sprawling online scam networks, monk misconduct and a senior police scandal, the year exposed deep vulnerabilities linked to crime, governance and accountability, leaving lingering questions about reform and public trust.
Fake invoices used in multi-million-baht VAT refund fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/06/2025
» The Revenue Department (RD) and the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) have jointly dismantled a major value-added tax (VAT) fraud ring that allegedly resulted in over 1 billion baht in losses to the state.
Jittery workers flee buildings in Bangkok
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/04/2025
» Fearful workers fled buildings across Bangkok yesterday morning following reports of vibrations and cracks in building structures. However, authorities later claimed the scare was a false alarm.
Man held in Lamphun over minor abuse videos
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/08/2024
» A third-year university student was arrested in Lamphun for allegedly sexually assaulting at least 15 underage girls and recording the abuse for sale online.
Returned fugitive taken to central prison
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/06/2024
» Police and corrections officials took returned fugitive Chaowalit "Sia Paeng Nanod" Thongduang from the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok on Wednesday morning and he was immediately admitted to the central prison.
City official accused of demanding B9m to save golf course
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/05/2024
» Police arrested a public works official of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Monday morning for allegedly demanding a nine-million-baht bribe in exchange for diverting a planned new road away from a golf course.
Past criminal cases of juveniles face study
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/01/2024
» National police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol has ordered agencies to gather all the criminal cases committed by youngsters over the last five years for a study into whether the juvenile criminal law should be amended in favour of tougher penalties for violent crimes.
Nun arrested for B1.3bn online fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/06/2023
» Police from the Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (IDMB) have arrested a Buddhist nun on fraud charges for luring people to invest in a fake cloud storage rental business and loading false information on a computer, causing over one billion baht in damage to victims.
Amlo bigwig files suit over ‘bribe’ claim
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/03/2023
» A senior official at the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has filed a defamation complaint against activist lawyer Atchariya Reuangrattanapong, who linked him to a 6-million-baht bribe.